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Bovine respiratory disease (BRD), also known as shipping fever, is one of the most prevalent and economically significant diseases within the beef cattle industry. Treatment rates of cattle in feedlots for respiratory disease is more than all other diseases combined, with recent years realizing a marked increase in the disease.
A charitable remainder trust (CRT) enables a family selling a farm or ranch to avoid or defer tax on the sale and generate lifetime income for retirement. In addition to saving taxes and generating a lifetime income, a CRT provides several other benefits:
Due to the oil and gas boom happening across many parts of the country, landowners are being approached more often by pipeline companies seeking easements across private land for oil and gas pipeline projects.
Pasture conditions over most of the U.S. are much improved over conditions at this time last year. In addition, corn prices are currently below $4 per bushel and expected to drop further. Extreme drought conditions continue in parts of the southwestern U.S.
At a recent workshop, I told the audience that if they looked in any farming or ranching publication, they would find articles about cutting feed costs and improving production efficiency, but they wouldn’t find anything about reducing land, labor and other overhead costs.
The goal of a biosecurity plan on both beef and dairy farms is to protect animals from disease and maintain herd health to proudly produce a safe, wholesome and healthy beef product for our consumer’s plate.
Have you ever noticed how people tend to be captivated by the latest guru in their field – only to leave that guru behind for the next “big thing” that comes the following year? Or how some become so fiercely loyal to a mentor they feel everyone else’s thoughts or ideas must be bad simply because their mentor didn’t think of it?
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