Kansas Exporter of the Year is Creekstone Farms

Creekstone Farms Premium Beef LLC has been selected as the winner of the 2020 Governor’s Exporter of the Year Award, the top export business award presented by Governor Laura Kelly and the Kansas Department of Commerce. Creekstone was one of 5 finalists for the award. “Creekstone Farms is an impressive Kansas company, whose beef can be found in nearly every […]

Ag policy outlook from Washington D.C.

NCBA’s Danielle Beck provides inside look at 2020 and anticipating 2021 By Kindra Gordon With 2020 being a year of unprecedented events, “COVID-19 drastically impacted NCBA’s policy agenda,” shares NCBA’s Danielle Beck, a senior executive director of government affairs at the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association in Washington, DC.   NCBA’s policy priorities at the beginning of 2020 included focusing on […]

Stevenson Angus 60th Annual Production Sale

December 1, 2020 Hobson, Montana Auctioneer: Roger Jacobs and Joe Goggins Reported By: Andy Rest, CBW Averages:  149 Coming Two Year-Old Bulls $5,395 148 Bull Calves $4,853 19 Bred Registered Heifers $3,237 73 Bred Commercial Heifers $1,616 High Selling Lots: $16,000 – Lot 8- Stevenson Reserve 90316, a 3/21/2019 Stevenson Reserve 50390 son purchased by ABS Global, DeForest, IW $16,000 […]

News from the Rodeo Trail 12-02-20

2020 PRCA World Standings AA: Tuf Cooper, Decatur, TX $111,450 BB: Tim O’Connell, Zwingle, IA $122,927 SW: Matt Reeves, Cross Plains, TX $86,944 TR-1: Luke Brown, Rock Hill, SC $89,665 TR-2: Joseph Harrison, Marietta, OK $70,299 SB: Wyatt Casper, Pampa, TX $145,138 TD: Shad Mayfield, Clovis, NM $156,668 BR: Sage Kimzey, Strong City, OK $92,334 SR: Trevor Brazile, Decatur, TX […]

Daily Grain Report Nov. 25th

National Hay Summary Week ending Nov. 19-25th

Compared to last week all reported forages sold steady. Demand was moderate to good for the local trade areas with good to very good demand for hay going out of state. The fall weather have been very favorable, warm and sunny most days with temps this week in the 70’s. Several farmers decided not to bale cornstalks off their fields […]

CBW 12-02-20

Cattle industry icon Tony Jansma’s feedlot operation to sell


    A man many viewed as bigger than life impacted the cattle industry for years. His spirit dominates the wall of a building in Rock Rapids, Iowa, near the site of the family’s cattle operation. The scene called the “Cattle Buyer,” honors the late Tony Jansma and the cattle industry that he loved. Jansma was a longtime cattle buyer, […]