Corrals

Midwest/North: Reinvesting profits on the ranch

wmeteer@gmail.com — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

Are you looking for avenues to reinvest in the ranch this year? Careful thought and allocation of profits is necessary to maintain a sustainable business in the future. Check out a few ideas for reinvestment on the ranch.

Evaluating cattle-handling facilities: Steps to prevent problems during processing

Fri, 09 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0500

When running cattle through chutes and corrals for vaccination and loadouts, it is important to make sure facilities and systems are working properly to avoid injury and unnecessary stress for the cattle and their handlers.

Beefing up lackluster cattle-handling facilities as winter threatens

Wed, 15 Nov 2023 00:00:00 -0500

It’s surprising how quickly winter can creep up on cattle producers each year. Many times, it appears in force, while cattle-handling equipment, pens, alleys and related infrastructure remain either in a state of disrepair or only partially complete.

The equipment equation: Capitalizing on what you’ve got

Wed, 08 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0500

In order to maximize economic return, producers need to strategically balance factors introduced by different types of animal-handling facilities.

Keeping common sense in facility design

makalelivestockllc@gmail.com — Fri, 19 Sep 2014 16:45:18 -0400

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?