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Bored with a diet of hay, cattle are ready to hit spring pastures as soon as they’re ready.
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Feeling blessed and deeply rooted in tackling terminology this month.
The Rusty and Dixi Wellman family is deeply rooted in Nebraska, raising Wagyu cattle, Vizsla hunting dogs and chickens. They also co-run a nonprofit that puts local beef on thousands of school kids’ lunch plates, and love sharing their faith and passion for small towns, agriculture, rural living, small business owners, and servant leadership.
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If there was ever a week that demonstrated just how quickly the political winds surrounding the American beef industry can shift, this was it.
"Uncle Jim passed away suddenly, doing what he loved to do, with his boots on - the way every cowboy should exit this earth."
"If he had “constructive criticism,” he also had to acknowledge the good work, too. That’s a struggle for most ranchers, it seems."
I had been telling people for months that “August isn’t near as busy for us,” and I guess that was just a flat lie.
"The older generation not only refused to have those discussions but also provided no thoughts on what the future could potentially look like.…
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