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Contents APRIL 2015 VOL. CI NO. 11
FEATURES 80
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Get the Most from Your Heifer Investment Heifer prices are high, so it is important to make good selections and develop them properly to obtain a return on your investment.
A Set of Tools After some “aha” moments, Bruce Berg found tools that benefi t the land, livestock and the bottom line.
Steady As She Goes Why controlled movement is important for gentling cattle.
72 Special to this Issue:
Special Brangus Advertising Section Building with Brangus is the Right Decision.
10 CATTLE RAISERS COMMUNITY
TSCRA Member Notes: TSCRA to Offer More Ranch Gatherings This Year
Free Passes to the Western Heritage Classic Cattle Raisers Insurance Offers New Products TSCRA Ranch Rodeo Report
TSCRA New Member Wins Shotgun at Tulsa Farm Show
Industry News: National Cattle and Sheriff Associations Collaborate; Prescribed Burn Insurance; New Center for Stewardship Formed
Allied Industry News: Elanco, Novartis Merge; Extended Protection Approved for Boehringer Ingelheim’s Product; Case IH Farmall Delivers Value; Neogen Improves Heifer Selection Accuracy; John Deere Expands Certifi ed Pre- Owned Program; Kubota Launches New Tractor Series; Moly Offers Bigger Chute; Merial LONGRANGE® Improves Gains
Names in the News; Seedstock; Bereavements
40 THEFT AND LAW
48 RANCHING
Crime Watch; Arrests
What Plant Is Important for April? Sunfl ower (Helianthus annuus)
Texas Range Report — Conditions Around the State
How Pasture Management Affects Your Ranch’s Bottom Line
94 ISSUES AND POLICY
Where We Stand: Cattle Health Should Remain Top Priority for Ranchers
NCBA Applauds House Efforts to Make Permanent Section 179 of Tax Code
TSCRA Pleased with Withdrawal of EPA Interpretive Water Rule
Dissatisfaction with 2015 Dietary Guideline Recommendations
114 THE CATTLEMAN’S PAGES OF HISTORY:
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In Every Issue: TSCRA Reference: Leaders, New Members, Special Rangers, Market Inspectors - 98; Calendar - 112; Ad Index - 113; TSCRA Membership Information - following 34; Subscriber Information: 1-800-242-7820 ext. 131
On the Cover: Nancy Pruitt, Weatherford, provides this month’s cover from photo taken at Cavender’s Neches River Ranch,
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