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Do Your Breakeven Math Before Creep Feeding
The decision to creep feed, which is any feed a producer provides calves while they're still nursing, is one that must judged by its cost-effectiveness, says Karl Hoppe, North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension livestock specialist at the...
What Do I Lose By Calving Early?
Given the Northeast's miserable late winter/early spring weather, some area producers are contemplating later calving seasons. Mike Baker, Cornell University Extension beef cattle specialist, offers ...
Land Values Continue On The Upswing
Farmland values, driven by high crop prices, are surging at a pace not seen since the 1980s in some states, according to the Federal Land Bank of Kansas City's Quarterly Ag Credit Survey...
Ranchers Leaving Cull-Cow Money On The Table
Generally, ranchers leave dollars on the table when it comes to marketing their cull cows, says Jeff Carter, an assistant professor in the University of Florida's North Florida Research and Education Center in Marianna...
Predicting "Doability" In Cattle
There's something almost mystical about "doability" in cattle. We all think we know what it is when we see it -- steers that keep gaining during a Panhandle snowstorm, cows that...
Pounds Combat Lower Prices
The repercussions of high-priced corn are on everyone's mind these days. Not only are many wondering about the supply of corn, but also how the price...
Take off the blinders
More profitability is a constant quest for beef-cattle producers. There are two basic ways to increase profit get paid more for the product you're marketing,...
Do-It-Yourself Preconditioning
A feedyard pen, says Jack Scoggins Jr., isn't the place to start calves. While that reality has long been known by cattle feeders, it's especially true...
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Advocate or Perish
"While the affluent nations can certainly afford to adopt ultra low-risk positions toward new advances in agricultural science and technology, and pay...
Don't Market Like 2008
Many ranchers' first inclination in marketing their 2009 calves is to base it on their 2008 calf crop experiences. That could be a serious mistake...
No Silver Bullet
I was so impressed with Richard Roth's letter to the editor that I thought it deserved some follow-up...























