The Cattle Business Weekly
For cattlemen, by cattlemen is this podcast bringing you the latest in cattle industry headlines straight from the news desk of The Cattle Business Weekly in South Dakota. It's a dose of what's happening in markets, on the ranch and in Washington, D.C. It's news about everything that impacts a cattle operation's bottomline (aka profit). Listen to us in the feed truck, on the way to a cattle sale or on the porch with a beer! We promise you won't go away without having learned something.
The Cattle Business Weekly
An alternative to plastic net wrap hits the market
Net Wrap. It is both friend and foe to today’s cattleman. It keeps a tidy bale but it can cause serious issues in cattle if consumed. Two ranchers in Canada have developed Nature’s Net Wrap saying it can save farmers time, cut costs and avoid damage to the environment. “We don’t have to explain to farmers why we brought Nature’s Net Wrap to market. When they see it, they tell us they’ve been looking for this for many years,” says Larry Ruud, rancher in Western Canada and co-inventor with his son Austin of the world’s first certified compostable baler wrap....