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Weekly Digest: See us at World Dairy Expo

September 28, 2022

Dave Natzke

Digest highlights

See us at World Dairy Expo
Vitaliano: Dairy markets face near-term uncertainty
Dairy cull cow marketing jumped in August
Fed ratchets interest rates higher
Longhorned tick discovered in northern Missouri
Farmland values to plateau

Culling decisions and marketing cull cows

A lot of producers may not give much thought to the value of cull cows, but they can represent a sizable chunk of a cow-calf operation’s revenue. Careful consideration should be made as to how they are marketed.

August 31, 2022

Heather Smith Thomas

Part of every cattle operation’s annual income is from cull cows; older cows or poor-producing cows are sold to make room in the herd for younger and/or better replacements.

April 2022 milk production down from a year ago

May 18, 2022

Dave Natzke

Monthly U.S. milk production was below year-ago levels for a fourth consecutive month in April, with cow numbers lower than a year earlier and output per cow unchanged.

Cattle cycle scenario II: Drought abates

February 25, 2022

Derrell S. Peel

A previous article considered what continued drought might force the industry to do in terms of additional herd liquidation. Another scenario is that drought across the country subsides and is not a significant factor in 2022.

What problems are we causing ourselves this calving season?

December 24, 2021

Jordan Thomas

Sometimes I wonder what cow-calf production in the U.S. would look like if we all spent more time with books in our hands instead of tools.

West: Hard cull decisions in a drought

August 24, 2021

Carmen Willmore

I looked back on my fall grazing article from 2020 to see what I wrote and saw the words “during a dry year such as this.”

Economic impacts of implementing drought management strategies

June 24, 2021

Francisco J. Abello

While drought conditions have improved in some areas at the time of this writing, severe drought is still affecting most of the West where cow-calf production is centered in rangelands highly dependent on rainfall.

Decision tips for cattle producers during drought

April 23, 2021

Jill Peine

The U.S. Drought Monitor map continues to feature a lot of undesirable colors. Widespread drought conditions continue across many parts of the U.S., and experts are predicting these conditions are not going away any time soon.

Maximizing profits in cull cows

April 23, 2021

Mark Corrigan

The short-term feeding of grain-based diets to cull cows can represent an opportunity for both cow-calf producers and finishing operations.

Automating resale cattle tax records with QuickBooks

February 24, 2021

Mark Wilsdorf

Suggesting that everyone could benefit from using a particular accounting technique is risky. It would have to simplify a job that “everyone” needs to do and save “everyone” a lot of time.

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