Fred Danley has spent his life with race horses. Growing up the son of horse trainer Ike Danley, he started training full-time at 16 years old. Just three years later, at 19, he became the youngest trainer to ever win the Kansas Futurity. Now 74, Fred is still training champions. He runs Danley 4D Racing, […]
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By John DePutter & Dave Milne, DePutter Publishing Ltd. A major low was notched last fall for cash cattle prices and cattle futures, as you know. Will prices go back to that low ebb? The futures market is saying “yes.” Deferred futures are deeply discounted to cash prices, which have taken a sharp run-up from
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By John DePutter & Dave Milne, DePutter Publishing Ltd. A major low was notched last fall for cash cattle prices and cattle futures, as you know. Will prices go back to that low ebb? The futures market is saying “yes.” Deferred futures are deeply discounted to cash prices, which have taken a sharp run-up from
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There are plenty of differences between U.S. and Canadian cattle producers, not the least of which is how quickly they have been expanding their herds over the past few years. In January, the USDA pegged the total number of cattle in calves in the U.S. as of Jan. 1, 2017 at 93.6 million head,
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By Dr. Chris Morrow, DVM As equine practitioners, we use the word choke to describe an esophageal obstruction. This condition will present itself as a horse begins to exhibit signs of distress including the expelling of feed from both nostrils, coughing, and retching. It is an immediate medical emergency. As this condition begins, feed and
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By John DePutter and Dave Milne, DePutter Publishing Ltd. When the supply of any commodity is heavy, and prices are low, there’s often lots of talk about demand as well. Questions such as: “Will the supply overwhelm the market or will the demand side support prices?” North American cattle producers have plenty of experience with
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Extraordinary young men and women are up early, and out in the barns patiently feeding, exercising, and grooming their show animals. Year after year, cattle raised on the Hi-Pro Feeds Beef Show Ration have excelled in livestock shows all over Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico. This winning tradition goes all the way back to the
By John DePutter & Dave Milne, DePutter Publishing Ltd. The Jan. 31 USDA cattle inventory report may have contained some bearish surprises compared to analyst expectations, but the fact the American herd is still expanding was no great shock. For those who missed it, the report pegged the total number of cattle and calves in
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Collin Welper, 15 years old from Shallowater, TX, is quite accomplished for a youth his age. In 2015, Collin won best in his class at the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo. The following year, he won best in Middle Class Hereford at Fort Worth. “I was ecstatic. Especially since I had won the year
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By John DePutter & Dave Milne, DePutter Publishing Ltd. There’s little doubt the deep market losses experienced through most of 2016 stung many North American cattle producers, but any slowdown in cattle production at this point is likely to be minimal. As most readers likely remember, last year’s cattle inventory report from the USDA pegged
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