Flying H Genetics
Cattleman’s Chronicle
Fall Newsletter
2016
Vol.18
Families Are Forever Choices Matter
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ho you marry, the career you choose, where you live–the choices you make affect you and your family for years. Choices made by your Grandparents and parents have affected your life in many ways–just as your choices will affect you and your family’s future. Thinking, planning and making good decisions gives you some control over your future and your family’s future.
The same is true in the cattle business, especially a familyrun cattle business. One has to think about and plan for your own family, but the success of your cowherd is also determined by the choices that you make with your cows and bulls….
• How are you managing your COWS and BULLS? • Can you manage your land and grass better? • Are you controlling your costs and investing rather than spending? • What are you doing to add value to your cattle? • Can you add pounds or other value without adding costs? • Can you spend the same or less money and get better genetic returns?
Most people realize that, in order to increase your profits, you need to reduce costs and/or increase income per cow and per acre! Some things, like preconditioning and selling weaned calves, can be done immediately and will add value because the market is paying more for preconditioned calves than it costs to condition them and you will have additional pounds to sell as they will be older, healthier, and heavier. Other management tools will take longer but will improve your future success.
Are you utilizing the 20+% increase in income from improved growth, fertility, calving percentage and longevity achieved through crossbreeding and heterosis, or are you still breeding the same cows to the same bulls and getting the same results?
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