Date: Jul 13 2021
Feeder Calf Marketing & News Release & Post Weaning & Pre-conditioningBackgrounding calves can open gates to new revenue paths, though not without risk. When more cattle are sent to the grazing fields or grow yards, there’s a shift in the seasonal pattern of the market and more opportunity to take advantage of better prices.
Date: Jul 06 2021
Big Thinkers & Feeder Calf Marketing & Post Weaning & Pre-conditioning & WeaningFor the 70% or more of beef calves born last spring, more than the usual share veered from traditional roads to the feedyard come fall. Backgrounding those calves opened gates to several new revenue paths, though not without risk.
Date: Oct 21 2019
AngusLink & Feeder Calf Marketing & News Release & Post Weaning & Pre-conditioningBuyers know your calves by their history and connect that to your name. Sometimes it’s all they know about you, good or bad. Basic questions about marketing feeder calves answered to help build your reputation.
Date: Dec 04 2018
Cattle Feeding & Feeding Quality Forum & News Release & Post Weaning & Pre-conditioningVictory in war starts long before the battle. The same is true in combat against cattle diseases. “My job as a military commander is to take a soldier and make him resilient,” Col. Sam Barringer said at the Feeding Quality Forum in Sioux City, Iowa this summer. The veterinarian and technical specialist for Diamond V illustrated the point by stretching a rubber band: too much pressure, no matter the reason, may cause it to break.
Date: Dec 04 2018
Cattle Feeding & Feeding Quality Forum & News Release & Post Weaning & Pre-conditioningYou vaccinate to keep cattle healthy, but if they’re already coming down with a bug or your timing is off, your efforts could be worse than a waste. That’s what Brian Vander Ley, veterinarian epidemiologist at the University of Nebraska, told 200 cattlemen at the Feeding Quality Forum in Sioux City, Iowa, this August.
Date: Oct 29 2018
Feeding Quality Forum & News Release & Pre-conditioning & ResearchYou want a cattle vaccine that’s both safe and effective, but sometimes you have to choose which of those ideals gets the upper hand. That’s according to Paul Walz, the Auburn University veterinarian who spoke at the Feeding Quality Forum late this summer in Sioux City, Iowa. Vaccination programs must be true to the label protocols, yet individualized for each farm or ranch and the level of risk they can accept.
Date: Jan 16 2017
Blog & Cattle Feeding & Pre-conditioningWhen we first met the Keaster family in Belt, Montana, Bruce told me he needed a good relationship with his banker and feeder to be successful.
Date: Jan 09 2017
Blog & Pre-conditioningThe first snow of the season was just moving off the Highwood Mountains to softly blanket the valley below when I pulled into Todd and Charla Prosser’s driveway
Date: Jul 17 2015
Blog & Post Weaning & Pre-conditioningIn a rancher’s world, that amount of time can mean the difference between a fall blunder and a spring bonus.
Date: Mar 23 2015
Cattle Feeding & Feeder Calf Marketing & News Release & Pre-conditioningIt’s been talked about for 60 years. It’s better for animals, preferred by most cattle feeders and could provide a 169% return on investment. “2014 was the biggest ‘no brainer’ year in history to precondition your calves,” says Purdue University veterinarian W. Mark Hilton. “2015 could be even better.” Crunching the numbers, Hilton first turns to an 11-year analysis of Indiana beef herds that showed weight alone added $50.84 average profit on preconditioned calves.
