The past two years have tested every part of our cattle business. Rainfall records going back to 1900 confirm that this was the driest 24-month stretch recorded. The first year didn’t feel too bad because we still had reserves of...
Monthly Archive: January 2026

LESSONS FROM THE DROUGHT: YOUNG CATTLE FED TOTAL MIXED RATION CAN MARBLE
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HERD MANAGEMENT AND CARING FOR YOUR NEW BULL
Read MoreAll calves are weighed, tagged (NLIS and herd), and recorded the day they are born. They are weighed again at weaning and DNA collected for Parent Verification and Genomic analysis. At 400 days, they are also scanned for IMF (marbling),...

UNDERSTANDING ESTIMATED BREEDING VALUES & SELECTION INDEXES TO DRIVE PROFITABILITY
Read MoreCODE INDICATOR UNIT IDENTIFYING DIFFERENCES IN GENETIC MERIT WHEN COMPARING ANIMALS CEDir Calving difficulty % A sire’s ability to produce calves born unassisted from 2-year-old heifers CEDtrs Calving difficulty % The ability of a sire’s daughters to calve unassisted at...

THE HIDDEN COST OF BIGGER COWS
Read MoreHEAVIER COWS DONT JUST WEIGH MORE ON THE SCALES, THEY CAN WEIGH MORE ON THE BUSINESS. Research shows that as mature cow weight increases, so does the energy required to maintain that animal. Maintenance demands account for 70–75% of a...
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