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With the weather changing and the cold of winter coming, it is time to get our cattle ready for it. Spring calves should be vaccinated, dewormed and processed. This will prep them for weaning. Weaning is the most stressful time in a calf's life since birth. With these protective vaccinations in place and being fecal negative, we have the animal's immune system on our side. This would mean less disease and more days gaining weight.

You have seen the commercials on TV, or read the billboards along the highway:  Have you been in an accident? Call the Law Office of…

You have seen the commercials on TV, or read the billboards along the highway:  Have you been in an accident? Call the Law Office of…

This last week I have had two calls about cattlemen losing animals. This is not that uncommon, but when an animal dies, you have lost all chance of profit from that animal.

This article addresses the interplay of two old Missouri property law doctrines:  The doctrine of adverse possession and the doctrine of boundary by acquiescence.

Experts say that mortgage rates are at historic lows and now is the time to buy or refinance… but with so many options out there, how do you even begin to figure out the best home or farm loan for you? As with any big decision, it’s important to get all the facts from the best possible sources.

Regulations, regulations, requirements and more work for me.  All these regulations are is more job security for government officials creating jobs for them. Right?" Well, that is one way of looking at it. But, we all need to open our minds and look beyond our little area of the country. There is more to these requirements that meets the eye.

Reasonable people, including those within the IRS bureaucracy, will disagree on what constitutes an “ordinary and necessary” business expense – a big area of tax deductions.

Most of tax law is in “grey” areas.  For instance, reasonable people, including those within the IRS bureaucracy, will disagree on what constitutes an “ordinary and necessary” business expense – a big area of tax deductions.

In the last 10 to 12 years we have had a new disease come into our area of northwest Arkansas. It has been traveling east for quite some time. The name of this disease is TRICHOMONIASIS, caused by Trichomonas fetus. This disease causes early embryonic death of the fetus, usually in the first 90 days, but may also cause late-term abortion. This is a true sexually transmitted disease (STD) of cattle. Bulls that are infected with Trich (pronounced 'trick,' short for Trichomoniasis) act and appear normal but they continue to spread the disease. Trichomonas fetus lives in the prepuce of the bull’s penis and is transmitted to the cow during intercourse or breeding. This organism is a protozoon and will live in the prepuce of the bull for the rest of his life and for up to four to six months in the cranial vault of the vagina of the cow.