JAYNBEE ANGUS RANCH AND EMTMANS TRIPLE E ANGUS March 28, Davenport, WA 46 Jaynbee bulls . . . . . . . . .$1,783 19 Emtman bulls . . . . . . . . . .2,100 5 Bred females/pairs. . . . . . .1,310 12 Open heifers . . . . . . . . . . . . 931 5 Open comm. heifers . . . . . . 610.

As ranchers face everclimbing input costs, there is hope among some that producers will no longer have to sort through countless expected progeny difference (EPD) tables to assess the potential gains in profitability offered by a particular sire.

Sale Calendar is a service to our advertisers. There is a minimum advertising requirement to be eligible to be listed in the sale calendar. Contact your fieldman for more information, or to have your date added to the Sale Calendar. We will only run auction sale dates or private treaty start dates.

While your calves are frisking in the sun, the last thing on their minds should be the first thing on yours. The fact that your cows gave birth to calves creates a wellspring of opportunity that can trickle along toward sale day or grow to a profitable river.

It?s interesting to get other people?s impressions on different things, espe ci al l y from folks who don?t necessarily have a background in our industry. Sometimes you can explain something to them and they still don?t have the foggiest idea of what you are talking about.

It?s the 1970s. An air-dried Polaroid shows your leisure suit and platform shoes, just before you hop into your pickup and check the CB for friends talking skip. At home, you play a new video game called Pong, but don?t know anything about computers. Radio Shack?s ad on the sports page says you need one.

JBS S.A. has named beef industry veteran Rich Vesta as president and chief operating officer of the company?s U.S. beef operations based in Greeley, CO, the company said in a press release.

XP 820 represents the most significant advancement in insecticide tag technology in over 20 years. XP 820 is labeled for use on beef cattle, non-lactating dairy cattle, and calves.

There was a pleasant view as I went to the auction barn the other day. The semitrailer truck was sitting in the parking lot with a load of alfalfa hay. Under many situations, no one would really notice, but the long, drawn-out winter has many producers checking their hay inventory as frequently as the weather forecast.

The farming, livestock and horse industries are facing challenges in hard economic times. These industries serve the economic lifeblood of millions of Americans, not only owners, but related industries and services as well. Casualties and setbacks from economic forces are recurring problems making it difficult to make a profit on a consistent basis.