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Progressive Cattle
January 25, 2025
Edition: 02
Digital edition
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Back to TopEducation, e-commerce and engagement: How the checkoff’s channel marketing program successfully targets consumers
Beef Checkoff’s Channel Marketing Program promotes beef through retail stores, distributors, manufacturers and restaurants. By building relationships with these channels and supply chain operators, the Beef Checkoff can effectively target and engage with customers directly where they shop and dine.
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Management
Back to TopA cowboy’s approach to employee retention
Leaders should pay close attention to the culture they create and how their actions affect the company. The ideal situation for an employee is the trifecta of personal fulfillment at work, doing something valuable for the company and getting paid well for it.
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New safety training resources for cattle feed industry
The online Feedyard 15 Program provides hands-on and in-person training methods to help meet feedyard safety training resource needs.
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Addressing employee complacency
When an employee’s performance begins to drift to unacceptable levels, it may be due to complacency. Even if your business is not currently experiencing any levels of complacent behavior, choose a few of these activities to show your employees that you care about them and desire to create a workplace that is very enjoyable, rewarding and engaging.
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U.S. agribusiness: Explore future possible federal tax policies
Income tax policies under the new administration could significantly impact U.S. agribusiness producers, processors, cooperatives and related businesses. It’s important for agribusinesses to stay informed and adaptable to navigate the evolving landscape. Now that the election is over, here’s what we know.
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Experts weigh in on production strategies and tips
Raising efficient, comfortable and profitable cattle demands more than the basic needs of food, water and shelter. The management of these and other connected factors weighs heavily on an operation’s success level.
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Crushing the cattle crush: A smarter way to navigate feedyard operations
By breaking the cattle crush spread into its individual components and managing each one separately, feeders can respond to market conditions more precisely. While this method offers flexibility, it doesn’t eliminate risks, and outcomes can vary, as all strategies depend on market conditions.
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Farming through the unknown: Keeping succession plans on track
Uncertainties should not paralyze decision-making or delay essential long-term strategies such as succession planning. Ensuring a smooth transition to the next generation or new management is critical for the continuity and sustainability of the operation.
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Silicon valleys, grassy plains and the ag tech revolution
Various emerging technologies are reshaping the beef cattle industry from the packer to the processor, giving ranchers new methods to monitor and manage their herds.
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Moving into the future: A different outlook on a successful succession plan for farm and ranch operations
Food security is a growing concern in the U.S. and across the globe. The heart of this lies with our farmers and ranchers, their lands and operations, and the products they produce to feed the world.
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Agrivoltaics as a means of preserving agricultural land
Agrivoltaics means the “colocation” of solar energy installations and agricultural production. Agrivoltaics have the potential to ease land-use conflicts between agriculture and energy generation. Both landowners and energy developers can benefit.
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Grazing leases, fencelines and handshakes
Handshake deals are great. They are even better when backed up with a written agreement.
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Topic articles
Back to TopThe perks and challenges of direct marketing beef
Direct-to-consumer marketing may not be for every operation, but it provides a valuable option for many producers to achieve sustainable profitability.
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Hauling horses? Here are five pro tips to keep in mind
If you regularly haul horses, there are several things you can do to preserve the long-term health of your horses and make it a safe and pleasant journey.
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How trace mineral status affects reproductive efficiency in bulls
When working to maximize fertility in cattle, cows are often the focus. However, bull fertility is a crucial consideration for any beef operation.
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Implementing an autogenous vaccine for pinkeye: It’s so easy, even an academic vet can do it
Pinkeye development, treatment and prevention, and how to create and implement an autogenous vaccine.
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Researchers identify new genetic defects in cattle
Delayed blindness in Hereford populations and bovine familial convulsions and ataxia in Angus cattle have been identified as being caused by genetic mutations, which could help producers in selecting genetics to avoid these conditions.
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Exploring nutritional approaches to combat BRD
Bovine respiratory disease is worsened by antibiotic-resistant bacteria, but recent research shows promise that probiotics from healthy cattle can potentially prevent the disease. Natural microbial treatment may reduce antibiotic use and satisfy consumer concerns.
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Boost cattle health and performance with sustainable deworming
Effective and sustainable parasite management is essential for maintaining animal health and boosting the overall performance of your herd.
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Take a proactive approach to prepare for the breeding season
Planning ahead will give your cows a nutritional advantage, preparing them for reproductive success and helping your genetic decisions pay bigger dividends.
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The first 48 hours
In perfect conditions, calves don’t need our help to get off to a good start during their first days of life. However, perfect conditions are rarely present every day of the calving season. Prepare now to properly help these calves if and when it’s necessary.
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A practical understanding of body condition scoring
Most producers know what body condition scoring is. But do you know what effects keeping your cows at different scores can have on your cattle – and your bottom line?
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Weak calf syndrome: The obstacle that shouldn’t exist
Often, the occurrence of weak newborn calves is pinned on the mother cow or inclement weather. However, producers can decrease the incidence of this problem by focusing on yearlong cow nutrition.
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‘It was like magic': Low-stress cattle handling and not-to-miss tips
A key element of low-stress cattle handling is taking charge of things you can control when working cattle to make the experience safe and hassle-free.
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Tips to be prepared for calving
Being armed with the proper equipment and a working knowledge of calving physiology will help you and your herd have a more successful calving season.
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Maximize immunity, decrease disease with these five calf health considerations
To give your calves the best chance right out of the gate, pay attention to prenatal nutrition and herd health, and have your post-birth care in place.
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Cleaning up BRD
The persistent frequency of BRD might be reduced by use of Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points principles and practices.
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Efficiency, precision and ethical beef production: The impact of 3D cameras
Frequent weighing of beef cattle is an integral part of the beef production process, and the utilization of 3D cameras for cattle weighing offers compelling advantages over traditional scales.
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The whole picture: dh Red Angus’s mission to provide a more complete bull
Darrel Holliday Ranch in eastern Oregon works face to face and side by side with its customers to provide bulls fit to their specific needs.
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Planning for profitability with rotational grazing
Rotational grazing is not exactly a new idea, but knowing the best way to implement it on your operation can lead to major long-term profits.
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