Editor's Desk -- What We Take and What We Give Consumer Trends Echo Checkoff Ag-Labor Management Conference Slated for Jan. 23-24 Feeding Tactics With High Grain Costs Gelbvieh Unveils Feedyard Merit EPD Wheat Grazing Still Possible Despite 2002 Drought The Role of Vaccines in Herd Health Extend the Life of Your Chute with Routine Maintenance Kochia Hay for Drought Feeding Red Angus "Bulletin Board" Reward Those Who Balance Time, Proper Technique Working Group Discusses Regaining Leverage in Fed Cattle Market USDA Announces COL Guidelines NCBA, KLA, Iowa, Neb. Cattlemen Conventions, Farm Show K-State Study: Flax Improves Calves' Health, Enhances Beef Starting Rations -- Buffers and Minerals Cattle Feeders Have a Plate Full of Production Innovations Ahead Study Shows Dewormer May Increase Immune Response Composting May Be the Answer to Rising Rendering Costs Packers Talk with Cattlemen at TCFA Convention Impact of Calf Scours May Reach as Far as the Feedlot Woven Rubber Mats Reduce Slipping, Cripples Coccidiosis in Calves: Research on Hormones Effecting Immune System Cattle Market Economics Fall Production Could Drop Below 2001's; Change Should Lift Cattle Prices Tasco(TM) Increases Marbling, Shelf Life, Reduces E. coli DARTSM Assessment Ideal for Hospital-Pen Evaluation Feeding vs. Supplementing During a Drought Market Notes Grain Better for Drought Feeding Pfizer Opens New Research Facility 'Hit the Zone': New Injection Site Zone Posters Available