Bull Costs

 Bull Costs  Written by James Coffelt from Ohio Land and Cattle Bull costs are a big deal. Keep the costs down. I had the pleasure of spending 4 days in New Zealand with Gavin and Willie Falloon, of Pinebank fame. He has 800 head, and designed a breeding program with a genetesis 65 years ago. He said...

Prepare Your Bulls With A Breeding Soundness Exam

 Prepare Your Bulls With A Breeding Soundness Exam By Bruce Derksen  With breeding season approaching for many producers, it is important to not only ready the cow herd for the upcoming months, but also the prospective bull battery.  If your bull or bulls are hold-overs from years past, don’t...

Best Foot Forward

 Best Foot Forward.  By Aly McClure for American Cattlemen.  Raising cattle can be the compilation of many goals, but at the end of the day, you need to move cattle in order to make a paycheck. If you are in the business of selling your cattle either at auction or even private treaty there are a few...

Culling your beef cow herd

 Culling your beef cow herd By Phil Durst, Kevin Gould, Jerry Lindquist, Michigan State University Extension  While we most often think of selection only in terms of adding to the group, that is positive selection, it works in the negative as well. CHAPS (Cow Herd Appraisal Performance Software) data...

The Most Valuable Investment in the Beef Herd - The Bull

 The Most Valuable Investment in the Beef Herd - The Bull  Originally written by John Comerford Beef producers are responsible for numerous purchases for the cattle enterprise. They often purchase feed, minerals, equipment, and other supplies that many times are promised to be the “best investment...

Beef Cattle Profitability Outlook

Beef Cattle Profitability Outlook By Dr. Andrew Griffith, Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics There are several old adages that apply to cattle markets such as, “What goes up must come down,” and “For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.”...

Change is Good

The subject of ‘change’ seems to be a constant theme around here. And while change may conjure up uncertain thoughts and emotions, for us at Heartland Communications and the Livestock Media Group this change represents an exciting time of both business and personal growth. With that said, the change I...