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Recordkeeping

A systems approach to recordkeeping for better ranch management

January 25, 2021
Logan Hoffman and Ryan D. Rhoades
The new year symbolizes a great opportunity to reflect on ways to improve upon 2020 profitability.
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Sale ring

Bragging rights require knowing costs

January 25, 2021
Stan Bevers and Rick Machen

Average calf weaning weight and market price are popular topics for discussion among cattle producers.


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Grazing cattle

Annual cow costs – the big three

November 25, 2020
Aaron Berger
When looking at annual cow costs and doing an economic analysis, three categories rise to the top as the largest percentage of total costs: feed, labor and equipment, and cow depreciation.
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Optimizing your resources to increase profitability

October 23, 2020
Dusty Abney, Wesley Moore, and Anna Taylor
One goal of any business is to be profitable. It is difficult to assess the profitability of a business without reasonable estimates of income over expenses.
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Tastes great or less filling? Part 2

October 15, 2020
Billy Whitehurst

Quick review from Part 1 – I made an analogy comparing the retail beef market to the beer market.


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Bad cows break budgets: The connection between cattle behavior and your bottom line

October 13, 2020
Dana Charban

Did you know there is a direct correlation between cattle behavior and the success of your operation? The personality of your cattle can impact your bottom line in a variety of ways, ranging from processing delays caused by stubborn cattle to issues with livestock welfare and health.


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Ranching Concerns? Let's Positively Impact Your Tomorrow

August 1, 2020

Ranching Concerns? What Does Your Tomorrow Look Like?

This is the question that looms on the horizon of every rancher. Questions and concerns arise as to cattle markets, as to the supply chain, and to the myriad of other factors that are pressing in and taking hits on your bottom line. What can be done?
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Tastes great or less filling? Part 1

July 24, 2020
Billy Whitehurst

For those who were alive during the '80s – regardless if you drank beer or not – I bet you remember the TV and radio ads that came with the emergence of light beer.


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Feedlot

The Economic Outlook for the Beef and Cattle Sector Ahead of COVID-19

July 1, 2020

How COVID-19 Has Impacted Beef and Cattle Ranchers

The past several months have been dominated by food supply chain bottlenecks and challenges unlike anything the agriculture sector had experienced before. Factors directly impacting American ranchers in 2020 include:
  • An abrupt shift in consumer demand;
  • Slaughterhouse and meat packing plant closures;
  • Halts in global trade; and
  • Commodity price volatility.

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Production costs

Considering and capturing production costs

April 24, 2020
Stephen B. Blezinger

What does it cost to produce 1 pound of beef from conception to putting it on the plate? Aside from a few economists, most would answer, “I have no idea.”


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