Reading the COVID Assistance Tea Leaves
By Dave Carter
It’s been a little over a week since producers and organizations that were excluded from the initial round of the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program were able to file comments with …
By Dave Carter
It’s been a little over a week since producers and organizations that were excluded from the initial round of the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program were able to file comments with …
By Dave Carter
One aspect of bison that never ceases to amaze me is their ability to turn on a dime. A bison running full speed will plant a front hoof in the …
By Dave Carter
Suppose you wanted to buy a pen of calves but needed to know the weights. “No problem,” the owner replies. “In fact, why don’t you weigh them yourself right now? …
By Dave Carter
Plant-based protein. It’s all the rage in the world of food these days. News media business pages are filled with stories of plant-based protein startups gaining shelf space in grocery …
By Dave Carter
On Saturday, I was fortunate to capture some video clips of a bison mom helping her newborn calf learn to cross a deep ravine as I was helping move the …
By Dave Carter
The COVID-19 outbreak has hit every corner of our country like a brutal winter blizzard. Blizzards are nothing new for bison…or for the ranchers who take care of them. Bison …
By Dave Carter
Working on behalf of the nation’s bison ranchers sometimes seems a bit like being a tent revival preacher. I returned home on Sunday after joining members of the Kansas Buffalo …
By Dave Carter
Angst…it’s not just for teenagers anymore. There’s a fair bit of that floating around the bison business these days. Carcass prices—which tested the stratosphere for eight years—have dropped back to …
By Dave Carter
Perhaps you saw this in the news a couple of weeks ago: New evidence links ultra-processed foods with a range of health risks. When I saw variations of this headline …
By Dave Carter
Almost every day is fun when you have the privilege of representing bison ranchers from across the United States. Yesterday was one that I’ll remember for a long, long time. …