Billy Whitehurst

4 steps to decrease winter carrying cost of the cow herd

Consider all costs of supplementing the herd – the supplement itself, fuel, equipment, labor, etc. Sometimes what looks cheaper may not be when all costs are considered.

October 28, 2022

Billy Whitehurst

Sometimes what looks cheaper may not be when all costs are considered.

8 practices for grazing during drought

May 31, 2022

Billy Whitehurst

As I write this, we have just received some much-needed moisture, whereas others in our county just 40 miles away are plowing in the dust.

Making wise breeding decisions

April 8, 2022

Billy Whitehurst

Sometimes we all inherit the consequences of decisions in which we had no input. We recently took over management of a ranch, and this calving season we are subject to the consequences of breeding decisions that were made before our arrival.

5 principles of grazing for profit

March 10, 2022

Billy Whitehurst

Many cattle producers falsely believe they are in the cattle business. The reality is most are in the forage production business – some say the soil health business, or even the soil microbe business, but we aren’t here to split hairs.

So … how long have you and your cows been married?

September 16, 2021

Billy Whitehurst

Yeah, you heard it right. I see producers who would divorce their spouse before shipping their cattle.

Tastes great or less filling? Part 3: The regenerative vs. industrial mindset

December 10, 2020

Billy Whitehurst

My last two articles briefly summarized some differences between our conventional industrial production models in the beef industry and the growing “niche” markets that are becoming more prominent. As niche markets grow, so has the focus on regenerative production models because the niche market consumer and producer both tend to have desires to break free from the high input, “bigger is better” industrial mindset.

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.

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.

10 reasons to step up grazing management

April 24, 2020

Billy Whitehurst

Spring has finally sprung in the northern Rockies. Grass is growing, irrigation water is flowing, and it will look green as Ireland for about another four to six weeks till we start going dormant and dry again.

Beware the 'few cents extra': It’s the first step to the input addiction

March 11, 2020

Billy Whitehurst

For only a few cents per head per day, you can … increase gains, cure all diseases, increase fertility, end world hunger, fix your marriage and even make sense of the Democrat party (yeah, that one will probably always be out of reach). Sign me up, right?

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4 steps to decrease winter carrying cost of the cow herd

8 practices for grazing during drought

Making wise breeding decisions

5 principles of grazing for profit

So … how long have you and your cows been married?

Tastes great or less filling? Part 3: The regenerative vs. industrial mindset

Tastes great or less filling? Part 2

Tastes great or less filling? Part 1

10 reasons to step up grazing management

Beware the 'few cents extra': It’s the first step to the input addiction

Is managing for drought the new norm?

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