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For Western ranchers, harsh weather has meant brutal losses during prime calving season

by Anna King
May 4, 2023
Because calves are born wet they have to get dry, get a drink of milk, and warm up quickly. And the brutal weather has made that tough.
A herd moves slowly with their new calves in snowy conditions in April in Wallowa County, Oregon.
Courtesy of Angie Nash
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Business on the Texas-Mexico border

Border life: A rancher's economic argument for a wall

by Andy Uhler
Jan 31, 2019
“For us it’s more from an agriculture point of view. It’s not about politics.”
Rancher Richard Guerra stands in a hallway in his McAllen, Texas home on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019.  Guerra supports a border wall as a way to help prevent fever tick-carrying animals from crossing into Texas from Mexico.
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Killing the "death tax": Is it fair?

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Nov 20, 2017
Depends on who you ask.
A member of College Republicans National Committee dresses as Grim Reaper as he marches on Capitol Hill to call on the Senate to eliminate the death tax June 8, 2006 in Washington, D.C.
Alex Wong/Getty Images
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My Biggest Financial Lesson

Ken Lenox: Don't overreach!

by Ken Lenox
Mar 25, 2015
A Missouri rancher learned his financial lesson the hard way.
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Where's the beef? (Raised, slaughtered and processed?)

by Dan Weissmann
Nov 19, 2013
Meatpackers and ranchers are fighting each other over new labeling rules.
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The aging economics of cattle ranching

by Kai Ryssdal
Oct 29, 2013
We check back in with cattle rancher Ken Lenox in Rolla, Mo.
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Raising beefier cattle just got harder

by Adriene Hill
Aug 19, 2013
Merck withdraws, at least temporarily, a supplement widely used to bulk up cattle at feedlots.
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