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Progressive Cattle
December 25, 2024
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The small producer’s impact on the beef business
How much does the small producer mean to the overall health of the U.S. beef industry, local economies and consumer education efforts? More than you think.
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Challenges and opportunities of an effective ranch leadership team
Today, ranches and farms are much larger, and an increasing number have multiple key leaders and decision-makers. Whether they are legally organized as a partnership, corporation or even a sole proprietorship, these farms are led and operated as a partnership.
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Not your grandfather’s fence: Legal considerations of the new frontier of virtual fencing
Virtual fencing can reduce labor costs and maintenance associated with conventional fences and can also allow for set grazing patterns that can improve land management practices and pasture health. As a new and developing technology here in the U.S., the legal landscape related to virtual fencing is truly a new frontier and will need to evolve in the coming years as it is implemented.
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Employee development: Investing in your beef production business’s future
Every beef production business makes major investments each year. An important key to maximizing the return from these investments is hiring and retaining skilled, engaged employees. An important and often overlooked ingredient for skilled and engaged employees is investing in their growth and development.
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When is it time to revise your farm succession plan?
Succession planning is not a “one and done” event. The real work begins after the plan is in place, as circumstances change and the original roadmap becomes outdated.
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Let's make 2025 the year of organized cattle and ranch records
Here are six ways to ensure your record-keeping efforts are achievable and successful in the new year.
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Sustainability: Embracing the buzzword in the cattle industry
Keeping up with the sustainability conversation can be exhausting for beef cattle producers. Odds are, you already have a positive sustainability story to tell about your operation.
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Training the next generation
It is our responsibility to provide the platforms necessary for the next generation of beef cattle producers and industry experts. This is how Top Hand: Stockmanship and Stewardship is doing that.
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Being profit-minded for your next bull purchase
No matter how solid a bull’s genetics may be, much depends on an individual producer’s ability to keep that bull healthy and in good breeding condition.
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Making the most of grazing grain sorghum residue
Grazing crop residue in the fall and winter can be an affordable, nutritious method for keeping cows healthy leading up to calving, but special considerations should be made.
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Benefits of integrating crops and livestock
How can livestock production utilize crop acres? Many producers are finding that cattle, cash crop and cover crop enterprises enhance one another and improve the land long-term.
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Performing a mineral audit on your ranch
The cheapest or most easily accessed supplements may not be the most profitable for your operation. An honest analysis of where the gaps are is the best way to make sure they’re filled.
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Rice-based feeds offer alternative options for cattle producers in the Rice Belt
Rice can be used as a way to provide nutritious feed to cattle while cutting costs and generating revenue from otherwise unusable products.
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Building immune function for the feedlot starts in the cow
Each year, thousands of cattle enter feedlots and struggle with health issues. Calves that maintain their health the best are most often those whose immune health has been prioritized for their entire lives.
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Who wants healthy livestock?
Knowing what to look for when monitoring livestock and being aware of pests that can plague your cattle inside and out helps producers effectively manage their cattle for optimal health.
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Homegrown innovations ease cattle production pressures
A lot of things pop up in the course of cattle production that demand big labor, time and money commitments. Some producers are innovating unique methods of reducing these demands while improving efficiency and management.
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Benefits of fever-reducing agents in respiratory disease treatments
NSAIDs are used to reduce pain, inflammation and fever and can be beneficial when used to treat cattle experiencing symptoms of BRD.
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