With the last day of November here, I guess it is time to say good bye to the season that carries more gold in its pockets than any other!

Last week’s cattle on feed report had the future’s market scared and seeing spirits apparently. What was once intended to be a risk management tool has tried to hijack the cash market and create cattle market chaos.

When most people are looking at their holiday schedules, zig zagging around the country, people like us are just taking it day by day, working through the tasks that have to be completed in order for all beings, both 2 and 4 legged to be happy and healthy because it is what we have been called to do.

Last week’s cattle on feed report had the future’s market scared and seeing spirits apparently. What was once intended to be a risk management tool has tried to hijack the cash market and create cattle market chaos.

Wow, what a legacy Mr Cooper left behind with a simple act of kindness that would touch generations of young men. I think Mr Cooper would agree with me that there is some about the outside of livestock that is good for the inside of young people.

It is official, we have just confirmed our 12th reporting barn for the big fall run. We now blanket the great Northern beef belt from Motely, Minnesota to Torrington, Wyoming.

It has often been said that every youth is just one caring adult away from being a success story. I bet we can all think of caring adults from our youth that inspired us or cheered us on to success. Many of them may have been anchored in one of the many wonderful youth organizations in our country.

It is official, we have just confirmed our 12th reporting barn for the big fall run. We now blanket the great Northern beef belt from Motely, Minnesota to Torrington, Wyoming.

The farmer’s share of every dollar consumers spend on food has fallen from 50 percent in 1952 to less than 15 percent today. Even though consumers are paying more for food this year, almost none of that is being passed on to America’s family farmers and ranchers.

As consumers empty their carts onto the checkout lines at their local grocery stores and supermarkets this year, they’re likely to see increased costs for certain goods. To make matters worse, little of that increase is being passed on to America’s family farmers and ranchers.