Baked Apple Slices with Peanut Butter Crumble



Ingredients: 4 cups peeled and thinly sliced apples1 cup sugar, divided1 cup all-purpose flour, divided3 tablespoons butter or margarine, divided1 cup quick-cooking or old-fashioned rolled oats1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon1 cup REESE’S Creamy Peanut ButterSweetened whipped cream or ice cream(optional)Directions:1. Heat oven to 350°F. Grease 9-inch square baking pan. 2. Stir together apples, 3/4 cup sugar, and 1/4 cup flour in […]

Bonus ranching seminar



In our economically depressed times when we want our new generations to return to our rural communities, it takes more earning power to do that – hence Added Value Enterprises on ranches such as hunting, guest services, agro-tourism, and even train photography have started to add to the stability of ranches. On April 10 the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in cooperation […]

Grandin and Cargill’s Siemens to Speak at May 19-21 Beef Cattle Welfare Symposium



When it comes to auditing animal welfare, Temple Grandin says any system designed to get the job done has to be simple and measureable. The livestock behavior specialist is known internationally for her work in developing animal handling systems and audit guidelines for meat packing plants, transport companies and other livestock-related enterprises.Grandin, a professor of animal science at Colorado State […]

JBS buys Australia beef plant



After recently buying a lamb processor, JBS is now buying Rockdale Beef from its Japanese owners.JBS says the latest acquisition, would give provide them with a capacity for processing 200,000 cattle a year, and including a 50,000-head feedlot.Rockdale will also increase JBS’s access to Asia, which accounts for the majority of the company’s 12 export markets.Rockdale Beef, which is based […]

James River crests at record level



The National Weather Service reports the James River near Mitchell crested March 18 at 25.46 feet, exceeding the previous record of 25.33 feet set in 2001. The river was expected to start gradually falling early this week. Davison County Emergency Manager Jim Montgomery says that barring more rain, the high water is a threat to fewer than a handful of […]

Managing illness in a stocker operation



Proper and timely identification of sick stockers helps minimize unnecessary treatment expense and preventable production losses, says Mississippi State University Extension beef cattle specialist Justin Rhinehart. Accurately pulling calves in need of examination or treatment is difficult but essential in order to treat sick cattle while not unnecessarily spending money on or adding stress to healthy cattle.Sick calves can be […]

Miller auction under new management and thriving



January of this year saw South Dakota’s Miller Livestock Auction under new ownership. A family known for its long-time commitment to the livestock auction industry, Ron and Cody Vollmer of Presho Livestock took over operations at Miller.”Like all businesses we knew we needed to expand and Miller was a good fit for us,” says Cody Vollmer who is the third […]

National Feeder & Stocker Cattle Summary, March 19



Compared to last week, feeder and stocker cattle sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher with several instances up to 5.00 higher on lighter calves suitable for grazing. Order buyers picked up where they left off last week and then continued to kick it up a notch. The feeder cattle market keeps being energized from the success it keeps having from one […]

National Grain Summary, March 19



Compared to last week, grain and soybean bids traded higher after posting double digit losses last week. Outside markets were in positive territory this week giving support to the grains. The dollar was lower making U.S. grain appealing for export. Equities and crude oil were higher spilling over into the commodity markets. Spring like temperatures is causing flooding in some […]

National Slaughter Cattle Summary, March 19



Compared to last week: Slaughter cattle not yet traded in Texas at the time of this report. Kansas sold a few but all on adressed basis. Sales in Nebraska sharply higher with dressed sales 5.00 higher and live trades 3.00-4.00 higher. Boxed beef prices and futures prices rose sharply during the week.Boxed Beef prices Friday morning averaged 155.33 up 6.26. […]