Category: Post Weaning

On target

Date: Aug 24 2012

Better than expected

Date: Aug 21 2012

My cows are grass seekers but they have had to settle. Creep feeding is part of preconditioning this year.

Headed the same way

Date: Jul 12 2012

The cowherd records–the pedigrees, the history, special notations–all 400-some of them are displayed on the office wall.

What grumps?

Date: Jun 06 2012

Meet the father-son combo of Gary and Lane Darnall. They welcome calls from ranchers at their feedyard in western Nebraska.

A step toward the next step

Date: Jun 04 2012

Myth: There is no information out there for folks who want to try feeding cattle for the first time.

Fact: There are resources and you don’t even have to look that far to find them.

Tightening the belt!

Date: May 24 2012

Well, I’m going to take this story down a little different trail; but not that familiar route which is associated with cutting costs on the farm or ranch. Rather, I’m going to discuss tightening the genetic belt!

PB & Cattle

Date: Apr 02 2012

Myth: Feedlots are so crunched for feeder calf supplies, they don’t care where the cattle come from, they just need more of ‘em.

The feedlot melting pot

Date: Mar 30 2012

Without history on the cattle, feedlots or cattle buyers don’t know what to expect. Look at this pen of cattle at a feedlot in western Kansas.

Pasture to plate

Date: Mar 01 2012

A perfectly good extra day, Feb. 29, and yet there was no birthday in our herd that is half done calving. We had a lull in mid-February after the AI heifers were done, and now the AI cows are trailing off. Maybe there will be a couple more, but so far we have 41 AI […]

On-target at Pratt

Date: Nov 21 2011

Of all the words that could describe Pratt Feeders, “quality” best fits the staff, the cattle they feed and the way they feed them. Over the past year, the south-central Kansas yard has ramped up its connection with the “Q” word.