Every Nebraska Cattlemen (NC) member carries insurance. There are all kinds – health, life, liability, crop, the list goes on. But there’s another kind of insurance, one that protects cow-calf [...]
Volunteer leaders and state and national association staff of the U.S. cattle industry – from north to south – are currently putting forth an incredible amount of time and effort to ensure that [...]
My name is Mark Goes. Since 1982, my wife, Patty, daughter, Tricia, and brother, Bruce, have owned and operated M&P Gelbvieh near Odell. I am a graduate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln [...]
I need to provide background for the key points I will make. Nebraska Cattlemen (NC) policy is brought forward by members, affiliates, councils or task forces. The policy is referred to one of [...]
In a year of canceled, postponed or “new normal” shifts to virtual meetings, the thought of the 2020 National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) Summer Business Meeting remaining an in-person [...]
Kenny Burdine is no stranger to the topic of price risk management. In fact, the Extension livestock economist at the University of Kentucky has given 75 to 100 presentations specifically focused [...]
Over the past six months, distillers grains have been priced at 70 to 200 percent the price of corn, and either overflowing on your feed pads or shut completely off at the feedyard. While many [...]
Since COVID-19-related reports provided in the June/July magazine, NC leadership and staff have remained laser focused on seeking input from members and advocating for them directly with [...]
If you have been around any of the Nebraska Cattlemen Animal Health and Nutrition Committee meetings over the past several years, you will have heard the push for producers to have plans for [...]
As our industry struggles through a multiplicity of challenges with direct or indirect roots in the COVID-19 pandemic, I think there is value in reinforcing some historical perspective of cattle [...]