F&R LivestockResource
Fall 2019 | Volume 3, Issue 1
Your direct source for livestock news and information
Published by Farmers & Ranchers Livestock, Salina, Kansas
In this Issue: 1 Shoving Mother Nature Around
We take a comprehensive look at the hot button topic of climate change. Divisive politics compounds the problem of finding a way forward using objective analysis and understanding incredibly difficult science.
9 Packer Suit Replay
This is a deep dive into a complicated issue that goes directly to the heart of how value-added cattle are marketed. Early this spring, two law firms filed a class action lawsuit against Tyson Foods, Inc., JBS S.A., Cargill, Inc. and National Beef Packing Co., LLC on behalf of R-CALF USA and four cattle ranchers.
14 Alternative Cattle Marketing
ACM’s are tools that emerged as a value-based marketing system evolved. ACM explores multiple marketing options to facilitate price discovery and communicate economic incentives. A direct result of ACM’s precipitated the evolution of a quality revolution that continues to drive consumer demand for beef.
17 What’s Up with Anaplasmosis?
Although recently graduated from K-State College of Veterinary Medicine, Dr. Mark Spare is continuing research into the causation and treatment of a disease that results in significant economic losses in the beef cattle industry.
22 Tyson Fire Clouds Already Weaker Market Outlook
The extreme volatility and rapid downward trend shook anyone with “skin in the game” after the fire at the Tyson plant in Holcomb, Kansas.
25 Bobcat Homecoming
Hooter McCormick finds himself smack dab in the middle of a high school football mascot showdown.
Shoving Mother Nature Around By Wes Ishmael
Much of the debate surrounding global warming focuses on who’s responsible rather than how to respond. Mark Twain was partially wrong when he said that everyone talks about the weather, but no one does anything about it. Turns out, all kinds of folks want to do something about it, at least
when it comes to the climate. “The United States is facing a climate crisis. We must speak that truth, and then we must take bold action to confront the existential crisis before us,” said Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA), in July. “In California and
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