Like it or not, the world changes gradually, yet there is enormous energy and effort expended to keep the status quo.

The beef business, from a producer's standpoint, is very much like a picture puzzle.

Since most producers have their cows calve in the spring, this is the logical time to critique calving records.

The cow business can weigh heavily on our shoulders.

The process of calving comes down to two principles.

Our mindset determines to what extent we are open to change and if the possibility really exists.

Revenue and profit are two different things.

The days of ration balancing and breeding cows are still good topics for a winter meeting, but times are changing.

Cows are calving or very pregnant, so contentment is prevalent in the cowherd.

The Dickinson Research Extension Center is busy vaccinating the cows for scours and getting better prepared for the calving season.

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In the end, finding bulls that maintain or enhance growth is important.

Two very important functions should occur when advertising bulls for sale.

In the world of beef production, finding the finite, absolute answer is very difficult.

The latest bit of news regarding the questionable origin of cattle slaughtered last fall, but only noted this year, continues to call for some type of explanation.

The trick in a good beef-breeding plan is to stack the bull pen full of great EPDs.

While the development of EPDs is complicated, the application of EPD numbers to bull-buying techniques is reasonably straightforward and simple.

The future is much more than we, as individual producers or groups of producers, can fathom at times.