Building a beef cow herd is challenging for beginners and younger cow-calf producers due to the intensive capital requirements and approximate 27-month lag between the initial purchase of heifers and the sale of a calf crop.

Demand for lamb and goat meat has continued to rise during the last 15 years due to increases in ethnic groups who eat these meats for specific holidays as well as increasing demand from food service industries.

Learn about facility and calf selection, feeding options and slaughter considerations for finishing calves on the farm.

Learn how you can use an enterprise budget to calculate potential profits, a break-even price or to simply keep track of expenses.

This report was commissioned by the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association to provide guidance in support of cattle industry policy considerations, especially related to price discovery in fed cattle markets. The task force of agricultural economists that produced this report collective-ly have more than 120 years of experience as cattle industry economic analysts and researchers. In about three weeks’ time, this task force assembled, considered, synthesized and summarized available research, information and knowledge about the economics of the cattle industry.

Learn about the potential of grazing summer cover crops and their effects on the following winter wheat crop.

A guide on pre-and-post weaning foals and recommendations for proper care and management through weaning season.

Producers will learn realistic expectations and strategies for finishing beef cattle by considering the animal’s health, nutrition and available technologies.