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FEATURES 64
JANUARY 2016 VOL. CIl NO. 8
It All Starts With Reproductivity Regardless of any economic predictions for the new year, one thing remains true — you have to have a calf before you can worry about what it weighs.
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The What-If Exercise Did you have some near misses on the ranch last year? What if that bad bruise had been a broken bone? Take a little time at the beginning of 2016 to make plans we all hope you will never have to use.
Ranch Brigade: Learning, Leading and Land Stewardship Reserve a spot for your 13- to 17-year-old at one of the 2016 Texas Brigades by March 15, 2016. Rancher-in-training Will Cantu shares his experiences at the 2015 Ranch Brigade.
Special In This Issue TSCRA Allied Member Directory
DEPARTMENTS From the Editor
6 CONVERSATIONS
From The Cattleman: 2016 Cattle Raisers Convention Registration Open; Belles of Cowtown Heifer Sale Benefi ts PAC
Member Programs: Ranching 101; Beef Quality Assurance Training
12 CATTLE RAISERS COMMUNITY
TSCRA Member Notes: Calendar Filling for 2016 Ranch Gatherings
2016 Cattle Raisers Convention a Worthwhile Investment Cattle Raisers Insurance: Open Enrollment Closes Jan. 31
Industry News: Find Interstate Animal Movement Requirements Online; Texas BEEF Team Partners Against Diabetes; App Helps Users See Progression Through Fire
Allied Industry News: Capital Farm Credit Pays out $39.9 Million; Cavender Cookbook Benefi ts Charities; Nobel Prize Winners Laid Groundwork for Animal-Health Breakthroughs Bereavements Seedstock; Sales Names in the News
36 THEFT AND LAW
40 RANCHING
Crime Watch; Case Closed
Natural Resources: What Plant Is Important in January? Thistles; Wildfi re — Not Necessarily Bad
Livestock Management: The Veterinary Feed Directive Rule; Don’t Let Flies Rob You of Profi t
Business: Organize Those Oil and Gas Documents
78 ISSUES AND POLICY
Where We Stand: Half Billion New Beef Consumers in Pacifi c Rim Countries Await Our Product
98 THE CATTLEMAN’S PAGES OF HISTORY:
A Look Back at January — 1916 and 1966
In Every Issue: TSCRA Reference: New Members, Leaders, Special Rangers, Market Inspectors - 80; Calendar - 96; Ad Index - 97; TSCRA Membership Information - following 34; Subscriber Information: 1-800-242-7820 ext. 131
On the Cover: Carol Hutchison,
www.carolhutchison.com, provides this month’s cover photo of Dennis Webb, manager of the Rocker b Ranch, Barnhart, doing a little organizing out on the ranch. Feel free to share any comments about his sweatshirt at
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