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| Vol. 49 - No. 1 | Thursday, January 9, 1997 | $25 Per Year |
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Lamb Prices Begin
l997 On An Upbeat
During the two-week Christmas and New Year’s
holiday period when most markets were either closed or
had very short numbers, sheep and lamb prices were
sharply higher, buoyed by carcasses prices that moved up
$8 during the same period. Midwest terminal markets had
slaughter lambs, ewes and feeder lambs several dollars
higher.
Fed Cattle
Prices Enter Year Soft Despite Current Supplies
After a brief rally during the holidays, fed
cattle prices began the new year on a distinctly lower,
though active, note. The Texas Panhandle saw mostly $65
cattle this week, down from $66 the previous two weeks.
After Nearly
Eight Decades, Frenches Still In Flint Hills
Two hundred million years ago, a shallow sea covered
Greenwood County, Kansas. As it receded, the sea bottom
became limestone. The beach turned to sandstone.
Wildlife
Institute Attributes Success To Private Landowners
The Caesar Kleburg Wildlife Research Institute has been
dubbed by some as the best-kept secret in South Texas.
Established in 1981, the institute in its short tenure
has already received national and international attention
for research work completed on a variety of wildlife,
both game and nongame, as well as endangered species.
Sheep, Goat
Raisers Talk Plan For State Promotion Referendum
The Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association
called a special meeting before Christmas to discuss the
state of the sheep industry and its future, not only in
Texas but across the nation.
1996 Was Good Year
For Beef Consumers
The nation's large supply of beef last year meant
lower prices at the supermarket, where average prices
were down from 1995 and the lowest since 1992, the
National Cattlemen's Beef Association says.
Aquifer Board
Approves Plan For Compensating Irrigators
A plan approved by the board of the Edwards
Aquifer Authority would call for some farmers to be paid
not to irrigate crops next summer. The board has approved
regional drouth rules in addition to the non-irrigation
plan.
Irrigators To
Make Their Land Off-Limits In Protest Of Rules
The signs are ready to go. They call for no hunting, no
fishing and no bird watching. At the bottom of each it
says, "Preserve Nebraska's Water for
Agriculture."
"B"
Maturity Audit Predicts Smaller Impact Than Expected
The new USDA beef carcass grading standards that go into
effect Jan. 31, will affect 1.58 percent of all fed
cattle, according to a recently completed
"B"-maturity audit by USDA.
NCBA Offers Market
Outlook For Cattle In Coming Year
U.S. beef production, after expanding steadily for
several years, will increase modestly during the coming
year, says Chuck Lambert, chief economist for the
National Cattlemen's Beef Association.
Texas Cattle
Feeders List Top Industry Stories Of Past Year
The Texas Cattle Feeders Association has listed
its Top 10 news stories in the industry and around TCFA
for 1996. The following are the top stories that affected
the cattle feeding industry this year, according to James
E. Herring, TCFA president:
FDA Proposes Ban On
Ruminant Byproducts In Livestock Feed
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration late last
week proposed a ban on the feeding of ruminant-derived
proteins to other ruminants, a practice the livestock
industry voluntarily reduced last year.
Burnett Ranches
Head Named To Hall Of Fame
Anne Windfohr Marion, president of Burnett
Ranches, Ltd., which includes the Four Sixes Ranches, and
a philanthropist who has helped raise millions of dollars
for educational, health-care and arts organizations, has
been selected for induction into the Texas Business Hall
of Fame by the Texas Business Hall of Fame
Foundation’s board of directors.
On The Edge Of
Common Sense
By Baxter Black
Marginal Quotes: •
"As long as you've got good elimination, you've got
it made."—Uncle Leonard • "If
a man can't drive in a bar ditch, he's got no business on
the highway."—Tink
Unregistered Bull
in a Hotel Lobby
Choice gleanings from 45-plus years of
Unregistered Bull.
"One of my main New Year resolutions," said
John, "is to try to stop being so quick to fall out
with my fellow man. I believe it’s a lot easier to
be charitable about the other man’s shortcomings if
you can manage to see his side of it.
Pokin' Fun
By Doc Blakely
Resolutions for the New Year should be something
of a truly worthwhile nature, something to make one a
better person, to achieve some measure of immortality. I
have thought of several things that would be easy to do
or worthwhile if the resolution were carried out. For
instance, I could resolve:
Shortgrass
Country
By Monte Noelke
Electronics scored a big success over the
holidays. General Telephone hooked the ranch up to a
microwave system working off a satellite in late
November. Days later, a discount store supplied a fax
machine slow enough to be connected to the new telephone
system.
Wildlife By
Design
By Dale Rollins, Ph.D
Warning! It’s easy to get caught up in this
"web." Take my advice, never sit down at your
computer to browse the World Wide Web unless you’ve
got more time to burn than you think you have. It can be
terribly addictive!
On Matters Of
Equine
By Dr. Jim and Lynda McCall
What is the number-one excuse used by
dieters for failure to lose weight? A. I eat too much B.
My friends (husband, wife or family) force me off my diet
C. I have a very slow basal metabolism.
It's The Pitts
By Lee Pitts
Job Description: Must be willing to
travel long hours, eat bad food and pay for all mistakes.
Talents required include bookkeeping, communication
skills and the ability to pick one bad apple out of a
bunch in less than 10 seconds. Must be good at taking
orders, willing to sit and listen for hours on end to a
long-winded salesman and be readily accessible at all
times. No salary, insurance or pension.