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August 1, 2018
Breakout Sessions
management … Economics|
Cow‐Calf Profitability:Where to Focus Management for Success
Whitney Bowman … Dustin Pendell, Kevin Herbel2018 Risk & Profit ConferenceAugust 16‐17Manhattan, KS
Department …
May 1, 2020
Beef Cattle
management … Management and Nutritional Considerat … necessity for
self‐evaluation and in many cases, making monumental changes to common management and
nutritional approaches to growing and finishing beef cattle.
In March, sales of feeder cattle fell well below what was earlier anticipated. In April, the array of
announced shutdowns at meat processing plants created disruptions, which have resulted in extended
planned delivery dates. Combined, this “clogging” in the beef supply chain has created subsequent
challenges in terms of potential shortages of available pen space to accept new arrivals of feeders.
Consequently, many growers are re‐assessing prospects of longer‐term ownership of their feeder cattle.
Given adjustments in the ethanol industry, the dramatically reduced availability of distiller’s grains has
created dramatic ripple effects on the prices of feedstuffs such as alfalfa hay and those coproducts that
could be substituted and used in its place. As a whole, the options for use with these alternative feed
ingredients is significantly reduced with adjoining reductions in feed efficiency performance.
Where are you standing today?
If a producer presently has backgrounding cattle in his/her yard, the critical first step is to accurately
assess their situation. This starts with knowing the present day, average weight of these cattle. This fact
is important to know going forward to assess marketing scenarios and to examine how rations can be
formulated with available feed ingredients.
The Department of Agricultural Economics (www.agmanager.info) has a broad range of tools available
for cattle producers to use to provide guidance with the implementation of price protection and to
obtain market‐informed projections of the feeder cattle market at future periods when cattle may be
sold. Two resources in particular include:
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August 1, 2024
Breakout Sessions
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August 1, 2022
Breakout Sessions
management … Drought Management for Cattle Producers: Forage Prices and the Role of Insurance
Jennifer Ifft, Flinchbaugh Agricultural Policy Chair and Associate ProfessorCordon Rowley, MS Student … Associate ProfessorCordon Rowley, MS Student Risk and Profit ConferenceAugust 16 and 17, 2022
This research was supported in part by the USDA …
October 16, 2020
Animal Health
management … Biosecurity and Health Management by U.S. Cattle
Producers … biosecurity adoption, and how
risks to beef health factor into …
December 1, 2010
Production Publications
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Persistence of management traits: percent of farms … Where Should we Focus our Management Efforts?
Kevin Dhuyvetter …
June 20, 2016
Financial Management
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Management Factors: What is Importan … onomics ‐ June 2016
http://www.agmanager.info/farmmgt/finance/management/MgtFactors05‐14_(Jun16).pdf …
October 16, 2020
Animal ID & Traceability
management … Traceability, Biosecurity and Health Management by
U.S. Feedlot Operations … and perceptions, and how management and marketing factors
influence …
August 1, 2025
Breakout Sessions
management … Water Resource Management and Irrigation in Kansas … Concerns and Emerging Issues
Risk and Profit ConferenceKansas …
March 13, 2019
Water Policy
management … County 6 Local Enhanced
Management Area
Final Report … Sheridan County 6 Local Enhanced Management Area
I. Introduction …