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Winter storm Goliath left a wave of dead and stray beef cattle in its wake as the blizzard pushed across the Panhandle region of Texas last week.

Cattle markets in 2015 transitioned from what 2014 was to more like what 2016 will be.

The last two years have been a whirlwind of dramatic extremes for the cattle industry.

One of the downfall’s to mud is the increase in energy requirement for cattle to navigate the terrain.

As calving season looms in the not so distant future, the first things that come to my mind is considering plans for pre-calving vaccination of pregnant cows, and thinking about controlling calf scours.

Knowing current average expected progeny difference values for bulls is critical.

The Red Angus Association of America recently acquired a major share in Top Dollar Angus, Inc. RAAA President Kim Ford made the announcement at BrainTrust during the Red Angus activities held in conjunction with the National Western Stock Show.

The American Gelbvieh Association elected directors and officers for 2016 during its national convention in Kansas City, Missouri.

Cattle and lesser prairie-chickens both need healthy rangeland to thrive. Through voluntary conservation efforts, farmers and ranchers in the southern Great Plains can restore habitat for this iconic bird while strengthening working lands.

If our nation’s consumers can limp along and hold this bedraggled economy to its walker, beef should have a chance to make that decent recovery.