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Computer Savvy: Recordkeeping
One of the first questions Harlan Hughes asks producers is: Are you collecting data or information? Hughes is a farm business management guru and monthly...
Effects of wintering stockers
Rate of gain during the winter stocker period impacts finishing performance and carcass quality, researchers from West Virginia, Virginia and South Carolina...
PINGING For Premiums
Remember those old WW II movies? The ones where U.S. Navy ships are trolling for enemy submarines and the only sound that cuts the tension-thick air is...
Know Your Strengths
When Shawn Mercer took over management of his grandparents' farming and cattle operation 15 years ago, he'd have given his eye teeth for a blueprint he could apply to the cattle business in general, and the stocker business specifically. After his grandfather died, Mercer and wife Katie struggled to figure out how to make the farm pay its way for another generation....
LESSONS Hard Learned
Used to be, if you wanted to make significant genetic improvement in your herd, you needed to focus on identifying and culling the bottom 20% of your...
Identify the market, then add value
For all the opportunities that come with value-added markets, they can be the tail wagging the proverbial fleabag if you lose sight of the core product...
Making The Call
It all boils down to looking in the mirror, believes Dale Blasi, a Kansas State University stocker cattle specialist. He's talking about cow-calf producers...
Benchmarks for the ethanol era
Having conducted Integrated Resource Management (IRM) cash-flow analyses for individual ranchers for 20+ years, I fully understand a ranch must cash flow...
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From Our Columnists
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...
