For those of you who are cattle producers, a great picture pen can make an incredible difference, not only in the quality of your images, but also in the ease, or difficulty, of handling your cattle on picture day. Here are a few of the most common mistakes I've seen from a few hundred picture pens....

When it's picture day on your farm, there's a lot at stake. No matter the species, or the size of your operation, you count on having a good sale to make sure your operation can continue, and good pictures make for good sales.

In all my travels, and in every picture pen I ever worked, there was on...