Case Studies Livestock

Today’s eggs come from chickens that consume premixes packed with vitamins, minerals, amino acids, microbials, nucleotides, nutraceuticals and other ingredients that are essential for healthy egg production. In other words, most eggs have origins that can be traced back to businesses like Pinnacle Premix—a company that provides nutrient systems for numerous types and species of […]

There’s an old song about home on the range, and while it mentions deer and antelope playing, it doesn’t mention the most important animal in ranching country—the cow. In Nevada, ranching and livestock production constitute a $755 million industry, nearly half of the money generated by the state’s total agriculture activities. One man who can […]

Phillip Hord has always been involved with his family’s farm at “the slat level.” It’s a turn of phrase his family uses in reference to slats of a barn floor, and it means “what’s going on at our farm from a day-to-day basis,” says Hord. Hord is in the fifth generation of his family to […]

One of the top family owned beef producers in the nation, Adams Land & Cattle LLC has been providing its customers with quality product for over 40 years. Using bot Increasing quality through technology Jerry Adams, CEO of Adams Land & Cattle, has been in the cattle industry his entire life. His father had a […]

Founded in 1968 by Jimmy Tosh, Tosh Farms LLC has built a reputation as a leading producer of pork products and grain over the last 40-plus years. Located in Henry, Tennessee, Tosh Farms sources pork from an extensive network that includes 75 contract growers and 300 barns across Kentucky and Tennessee. The family-owned and -operated […]