Profit Tips

Profit Tips: Equipment - Easy pen access
05/15/2013 5:15:00 AM
Opening and closing gates when entering a cattle pen is a tiresome chore, especially during times of peak activity such as calving season. FULL STORY »

Profit Tips: Pasture Management - Consider seeding legumes
05/15/2013 5:05:00 AM
Adding legumes such as clovers or alfalfa to grass pastures can provide multiple benefits, say University of Wisconsin Extension specialists. FULL STORY »

Profit Tips: Cow-Calf - Decisions on calf implants
05/15/2013 5:05:00 AM
Although the performance benefits of pre-weaning implants are well documented, many ranchers choose not to use them for various reasons. FULL STORY »

Profit Tips: Facilities - Water improvements during drought
05/15/2013 5:00:00 AM
As drought continues across much of the country, watershed specialists from Kansas State University offer these tips for providing water to livestock. FULL STORY »

Profit Tips: Equipment - Easy trailer hookup
04/11/2013 5:50:00 AM
One of the more frustrating chores on a ranch, when you are by yourself, can be hooking-up the stock trailer to a truck. FULL STORY »

Profit Tips: Cattle Feeding - The value of carcass gain
04/11/2013 5:45:00 AM
On a live-weight basis, average daily gains tend to decline late in the finishing period, possibly triggering shipment of cattle as cost of gain appears to approach or exceed the value of gain. FULL STORY »

Profit Tips: Pasture Management - Show cattle where to graze
04/11/2013 5:45:00 AM
Left on their own, cattle can overgraze riparian areas and neglect valuable forage on more difficult terrain further from water. FULL STORY »

Profit Tips: Equipment - Portable workstation
03/07/2013 6:00:00 AM
Routine chores around the cattle barn and shop are made easier with a portable workstation designed by James Hofer. FULL STORY »

Profit Tips: Reproduction - Early-calving heifers earn more
03/07/2013 5:50:00 AM
Delivering her first calf early in the calving season sets a heifer up for long-term productivity. FULL STORY »

Profit Tips: Reproduction - Delay heifer development
03/07/2013 5:45:00 AM
Several studies in recent years have shown replacement heifers can weigh less at first breeding than previously assumed without reducing conception or calving rates. FULL STORY »

Profit Tips: Forage kochia could revitalize rangeland
03/07/2013 5:45:00 AM
Forage kochia is a perennial shrub that is well adapted to dry conditions and provides feed value to cattle. FULL STORY »