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American Cattlemen March 2025
This Issue Brings You:
- Building Fence: Meet Your Regenerative Grazing Goals • Sponsored by Powerflex
- Efficient Cattle Handling: Which System Works Best For You
- Vaccines: An Important Part of Beef Cattle Management
- Building a Preconditioning Program
- Legendary Akushi Genetics
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Efficient Cattle Handling: Which System Works Best for You?
By Jessica Graham Whether you’re running a handful of cows in a small place or working a big outfit, we’re all looking for ways to make handling cattle more manageable and safer. The less stress on the cattle and the people working them, the better. Regarding working cattle, the conversation often concerns two central systems: […]
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Building the Preconditioning Program
By Jaclyn Krymowski for American Cattlemen There’s no shortage of opinions on preconditioning. And while it does not require excessive labor when done correctly, its economic trade-offs remain a point of debate. When a preconditioning program does make financial sense, make sure you have a plan that will maximize returns. “Effective preconditioning programs increase the […]
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Vaccines are An Important Part of Beef Cattle Management
By Heather Smith Thomas Vaccination is one of the tools livestock producers utilize to keep animals healthy. Maximizing immune response with a good vaccination program raises the threshold for disease challenges, reducing the need for antibiotics and increasing the percentage of calves that stay healthy the rest of their lives. Which vaccines to use […]
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Advancing Akaushi Genetics
Legendary Akaushi Genetics, established in 2015, is dedicated to preserving and enhancing the foundation genetics of Akaushi Cattle. Under new ownership by Steve Cotrelle, we honor this legacy while leveraging data-driven breeding to advance the breed. With rare foundational animals, we are uniquely positioned to develop superior maternal lines based on rigorous performance metrics, helping […]
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Featured Story
Maximize Profitability with Wagyu
Beef Cattle producers are feeling more optimistic. With an El Nino winter forecasted, cattle producers are anticipating a reprieve from multi-year drought conditions. For consecutive years the beef cattle herd has been in decline due to environmental conditions. A March 2023 USDA report shows that since 2022, there has been a 4% decrease in beef cows, 6% decrease in replacement heifers, and 5% decrease in heifers expected to calve this year. According to another published USDA article, the latest cattle inventory peaked in 2019 at 94.8 million and has since plummeted 6% to 89.3 million this year. The rapid decline in beef cattle inventory over the past four years was driven by drought conditions; however Northern states experienced above average rainfall during the 2023 spring and summer months and in the coming months NOAA predicts a wetter-than-average winter in the southeastern United States, allowing calf producers in recovering areas to consider opportunities to rebuild their herd.
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