#201 – Producing Profitable Females

#200 – Bull EPDs

When buying your next herd bull, you will be bombarded with more information than you can use. What data do you look at first? What traits will give you the biggest bang for your buck? Here’s a couple ideas that translate into $$ to your bottom line. Click to...
#201 – Producing Profitable Females

#199 – Capturing Profit

The recent high cattle market has given ranchers a welcome reprieve from rising expenses. While our focus has been on increasing income, reducing expenses is much more important if we want to capture more profit in the future. NOTE: We misquoted the OSU study in the...
#201 – Producing Profitable Females

#198 – Expanding Markets

Describe a profitable ranch: They don’t follow the herd They work with nature instead of against it They use grazing as a tool to build soil health They use low-maintenance, moderate-framed genetics They find value-added markets for their products Click to read...
#201 – Producing Profitable Females

#197 – Compare Cow $ize

Why does the status quo beef industry continue to select for more growth when the only thing increasing is cow size? They believe that bigger weaning weights mean bigger profits. Here’s a challenge for you: run the numbers on your own herd and compare them to a...