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The Center for Rural Affairs’(in Lyons, Nebraska) mission statement is to establish strong rural communities, social and economic justice, environmental stewardship, and genuine opportunity for all, while engaging people in decisions that affect the quality of their lives and the future of their...

THE HIDDEN COST OF COWS Three years ago we were all waiting for calf prices to improve. Ironically, it is when calf prices are highest that our cows are least profitable. That bears repeating: when calf prices are highest your cows are generally least profitable.To understand why, we need to...

Today's environment, even more so than in the past, leaves little room for an ambitious young person to gain a toe hold in the cattle industry. Capital start up costs are astronomical and approaching catastrophic. Land costs, machinery costs, fuel, fertilizer, insurance plus labor and the list...

Once called a "Catahoula Cur," the foundation of the Louisiana Catahoula Leopard Dog came into existence through chance breeding and from some planned breeding. The Indians in and around Louisiana used the Red Wolf, which then roamed Louisiana during this period, to locate game, much in the same...