Why Beefmasters?

Why Beefmasters? Our family has been following a very balanced approach to cattle selection for more than 85 years. We call our road map the Six Essentials, and we have tried doggedly to share it with anyone who will listen for three generations. So it’s refreshing to see a renewed...

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Sustainability: Truths that stand, myths that fail

Sustainability: Truths that stand, myths that fail By Lorenzo Lasater, President Sustainability is a word that gets thrown around a lot these days. It is defined as "the quality of not being harmful to the environment or depleting natural resources, and hereby supporting long-term ecological balance." This definition seems like...

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Isa Informer Newsletter

From the Fall 2026 issue of the Isa Informer Successful, progressive grazing mimics ancients By Lorenzo Lasater, President It has been more than 54 years since Dad wrote The Lasater Philosophy of Cattle Raising. At the time, he was battling a severe drought in northern Mexico, and Mom encouraged him...

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Past Informer Issues

Click the following links below to download past issues of the Isa Informer newsletter. You will need Adobe Acrobat 8.0 shareware to view these PDFs. Fall 2026 Otoño 2026 en español Spring 2026 Primavera 2026 en español Winter 2026 Invierno 2026 en español Fall 2025 Otoño 2025 en español Spring...

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FBA Newsletter Archives

A Treasure Trove of Beefmaster History I was recently visiting my friend Derek Frenzel, and he shared an incredible piece of history. Ronnie Ranley, a longtime Beefmaster breeder and friend, died in 2016. His wife, Lonnie, gave a binder to Derek following Ronnie's death. It contains almost every FBA newsletter...

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