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Santa Gertrudis Breeders International (SGBI) has moved into a new headquarters building on the historic King Ranch. The first Board of Directors meeting and an Open home celebration was held Saturday, October 31 in the new building just inside the main ranch entrance.

When you count your blessings, remember to include the ones disguised as challenges. Some of them you decided to take on as calculated risks; others intruded on your farm or in your life, but turned out to be “mixed blessings.”

Jim O’Neill understands the cattle industry has suffered in recent months, but he believes commercial producers should never shy away from quality seedstock.

County commissioners learned last Monday the Haywood County Fairgrounds will be unable to make scheduled loan payments of nearly $40,000 this year without help from the county.

People driving through downtown Blue Hill found one road blocked off Saturday. It wasn't because of an accident or construction, it was because the road was lined with bulls.

Proper genetic, age and source verification is imperative for Red Angus cattle enrolled in the Feeder Calf Certification Program (FCCP) to continue through the marketing channels. The Red Angus Association of America (RAAA) recently developed a new tool streamlining access to this documentation.

Going, going, gone rings out the auctioneer as the last bull is sold during the 69th Red Bluff Bull & Gelding Sale on Saturday, bringing another end to the annual event, which this year brought in more than $1.35 million in sales. Buyers of...

The Sunshine Farms Bull Sale was held December 5, 2009 in Clanton, Ala.

The Frank Turner and Sons Angus Sale was held November 7, 2009 in Hayneville, Ala.

Win two days and two nights for two adults at one of two Arizona ranches. The fund-raiser benefits Arizona State Cowbelles for use for scholarships, beef promotion and education projects.

Cowboy hats and boots will be the dress of the day in the Rocket City as cattlemen from every across the state attend the largest cattle event of the year. The 67th annual Alabama Cattlemen's Association Convention and Trade Show will be at the Von Braun middle in downtown Huntsville February 12-13.

Excessive business deductions by livestock or general farmers, or horse owners--or for that matter, most any other business-- trigger IRS audits. If you are audited in connection with any farming, livestock or horse activity, the IRS will usually start with one tax year and then look back or forward for other years to look the history of losses or profits.

The National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA) is pleased to announce the line-up of speakers for the 2010 Cattle Industry Convention.

A cowboy's life has always been defined by what he did with his most valued possession... his saddle.

Hooter wasn't much on New Year's resolutions. Any he'd ever made were distant memories before Punxsutawney Phil waddled from his burrow to predict winter's fortune.

Beautiful fall weather greeted buyers and bidders from 10 states at the recent dispersal of the Coldwater Cattle Company cowherd in Holly Springs, Miss.

Montgomery County Agricultural Extension County Director John Bartee, Sr., of Clarksville was recently inducted into the American Gelbvieh Association Hall of Fame.

DENVER - Weld County results from the 2010 National Western Stock Show: Alpaca Show, Halter Class 02B, Huacaya yearling males, white - 6. Snow Mountain Koda, Suzanne Thomas, Keenesburg. Class 10, Huacaya yearling females, dark - 3. Snow Mountain Cherry, Suzanne Thomas. Alpaca Show, Performance Class 2B, obstacles open (16 and older) - 2. Porcupine Buzz Lightyear, Bailey White, Greeley. Class 3B ...

OK, so back to our list of the 100 reasons why climate change, if occurring at every, is natural and not man-made. Part 1 provided reasons 1-50. Here are the remaining 50 facts:

In a snow globe, the white flakes drift peacefully on a silent farmyard. When cattlemen trudge through four-foot snow drifts in 30-mile-per-hour winds and single-digit temperatures to check on a sick calf, it isn't exactly the same picture of serenity.

Daily chores receive most of your time and attention. That's what pays the bills, but the state of the industry lies in the bigger picture.

For the 24th year in a row, the Larson family, now 12 strong, were among the first in the doors at the National Western Stock Show, Rodeo & Horse Show at 9 a.m.

At 69, Dave Goss has seen almost as much of the Red Bluff Bull & Gelding Sale as there has been to look.

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