Is a Mono-Slope Building right For Your Operation?

 Is a Mono-Slope Building right For Your Operation?  By Bruce Derksen • Photos courtesy of Summit Livestock Facilities • www.summitlivestock.comConstant change is a staple of cattle producer’s lives.  Sometimes it is instigated by the producers themselves and sometimes it is a...

Summit Livestock Monoslope Beef Barns Offer Producers Wide Range of Benefits

 Summit Livestock Monoslope Beef Barns Offer Producers Wide Range of Benefits  By Steve WeismanBeef producers and consumers alike are always looking for ways to more efficiently, safely and more cost effectively bring high quality beef to the market place. The challenge is there are so many variables that...

Equipment Profile Steel Buildings

 Equipment Profile: Steel Buildings Wick These days an agricultural building is no longer just a barn. It’s an equipment storage shed, a warehouse, a milking parlor, a free stall barn or a workshop. Or it combines several different uses with an office thrown in too. And no other building company...

Business Profile: Hoop Beef System, LLC.

Business Profile: Hoop Beef System, LLC.Helping Producers Increase Cattle PerformanceBy Steve WeismanThere is little doubt that America’s farming/ranching landscape is changing.In many states, traditional pastureland has been broken up in response to the cry for more cropland and grain production. Yet at the...

ReproScan Helps Improve Reproductive Efficiency in Cattle Industry

 By Steve Weisman Reproductive efficiency is one of the most important factors in the profitability and success of a producer’s beef herd. Advancements in ultrasound technology aid producers in monitoring the reproductive status of their herds. At the leading edge of ultrasound technology is ReproScan...

SELECTING A SQUEEZE CHUTE

Based on BQA Guidelines for Cattle HandlingIn today’s cattle market, more and more producers are recognizing the importance of following the guidelines set forth by the national Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) program. The BQA embraces a Total Quality Management concept, which not only focuses on food safety and...

Shootin the Bull

Leading Youth Organization Growing True LeadersBekaert Corporation proudly announces their continued support of National 4-H Council (4-H) as a partner into 2017. Bekaert will continue its support in helping America’s largest positive youth-development organizationto provide life-changing experiences and a...

HOOP BEEF SYSTEM®: Designed by Cattlemen for Cattlemen

By Steve WeismanWhat to build? How big to build? When to build? Where to build? These are common questions cattle producers often ask as they try to determine how to best protect their cattle from the elements and at the same time maximize their herd’s overall health and growth potential. For the past nine years...