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By Patti Wilson Contributing Editor   More than 500 Nebraska cattle producers and others gathered Dec. 10-12, 2025, in Kearney, for the 2025 Nebraska Cattlemen (NC) Convention and Trade Show. Hot topics included the fluctuating cattle markets, closing of the Lexington Tyson packing plant and repercussions of the New World screwworm approaching the U.S. border. […]

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By Larry Stalcup Contributing Editor Cattle feeders can be as hard-headed, hard-driving and opinionated as anyone in the beef business....

By Larry Stalcup Contributing Editor   Laphe LaRoe still had his baby teeth when he cleaned his first feed bunk...

By Larry Stalcup Contributing Editor   Even with low grain prices, another huge corn crop in the bin and record...

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By Patti Wilson Contributing Editor   Silage-cutting time is an intense, high-pressure juncture wrought with the possibilities of accidents and breakdowns. Add to that the

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By Patti Wilson Contributing Editor   A new conundrum has arisen among the ranks of the purebred cattle industry. It first erupted in April and,

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Gypsy Wagon: February March 2026

By Betty Jo Gigot Publisher As you can tell from the columns in this issue, the newly announced changes to the food pyramid – namely

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