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IT'S THE PITTS -- SELF-TAUGHT - Just my luck, I missed out on two of the greatest concepts in education: the one-room schoolhouse and homeschooling. Me? I was too busy going to school to get a great education.

EXPANSION HINGES ON SUSTAINED PROFIT - Courting change always seems to end up with a good debate. Whether it's a singular contemplation or a group deliberation, many factors are often pondered to come up with the answer, much like a school boy, at the first dance, waiting for that special moment.

HUNTIN' DAYLIGHT -- RISK INCREASES WITH OPPORTUNITY - A day like the one in cattle markets March 31 is the kind you live for, the kind that needs to be etched in the mind for future reference when prices go south just as fast.

CATTLE PRODUCERS MUST ANTICIPATE HIGHER FEED COSTS - For all practical purposes, it appears that cattlemen need to continue to brace for higher feeding costs as we move farther into 2011.

LAKE CITY BLACK BULL INVITATIONAL SALE AVERAGES $2,427 ON 64 LOTS - Thirty-six buyers purchased the 64 bulls offered at the Lake City Black Bull Invitational Sale for a total of $155,300 or $2,427 per head average.

FEEDERS CAN STRIKE A BALANCE BETWEEN GRADE AND GAIN - In a perfect world, cattle growth promotants would improve and increase marbling, too. Short of that, feeders can strike a balance between grade and gain, implant and marbling levels.

PRODUCERS FACE "PERFECT STORM" DUE TO REGULATIONS - More than 750 cattle producers from around the country gathered at the 18th annual Cattlemen's College ® held during the 2011 Cattle Industry Convention and National Cattlemen's Beef Association Trade Show.

CIRCLE A RANCH HOSTS SPRING BULL & HEIFER SALE - Circle A Angus Ranch, headquartered in Iberia, Mo., was proud to host their largest ever Spring Bull & Heifer sale offering, 719 head sold on March 19.

AHA ANNOUNCES DAMS OF DISTINCTION - For 2010, 1,945 Hereford cows from 638 Hereford performance herds in 43 states earned the honor of being named a Dam of Distinction by the American Hereford Association.

IT'S THE PITTS -- FLIPPED HIS LID - I have lived my life under a hat. In my early years I used a ball cap to hide the fact that I was homelier than a pug dog, but now I mostly wear one to cover up my cranial deforestation.

TENNESSEE ANGUS FARM HONORED AS HISTORIC HERD - Claybrook Angus of Covington, Tenn., is a recipient of the Historic Angus Herd Award, presented by the American Angus Association® for continuous ownership and production of Angus cattle for 50 or more years.

PREVENTING CALF SCOURS IS DIFFICULT BUT IMPORTANT TO HERD MANAGEMENT - There are few herd health issues that create the level of problems and cause the degree of financial loss to the cow calf producer as that created by intestinal infections and the related scouring in calves.

EMBRACING IDENTIFICATION PROGRAMS OPENS DOORS - Challenges bestowed upon the industry at some point made it clear a better identification and tracking system was needed. The initial mandatory claim set off cattlemen like a lynch mob. Acceptable vigilante justice was to keep government out of the beef business.

TENNESSEE BEEF AGRIBITION GELBVIEH SALE HELD - A crowd of 200 plus cattlemen came out on March 9 for the Tennessee Agribition Gelbvieh Show and Sale in Lebanon, Tenn.

NCBA NARROWS KNOWLEDGE GAP ON CAPITOL HILL - The National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA) kicked off its Beef 101 series Tues., March 22, 2011. Beef 101 is a beef educational series exclusively for members of Congress and their staff members.