animal performance Archives - Ranching For Profit

Apr 08

Who’s Doing the Calving on Your Ranch?

By Dallas Mount Ecology & Grazing, Labor Effectiveness, Production No Comments

Calving season is here. Across cow country, green grass is pushing through, and newborn calves are bouncing next to their mothers. There's a familiar energy on the ranch: part excitement,…

Jan 14

Ranch Work Done Right – Becoming a WITB Ninja

By Dallas Mount Decision Making, Labor Effectiveness, Making a Change 3 Comments

At Ranching for Profit we make a big deal about WITB (working in the business: the day-to-day operational work) and WOTB (working on the business: strategy, planning, and assessment). Most…

Oct 08

Ranch Technologies

By Dallas Mount Labor Effectiveness, Planning & Management, Production No Comments

Tech is rapidly changing the ranching world. In my experience I don’t think I’ve seen technologies that have the likelihood of such fundamental changes, as the technologies being rolled out…

Jun 11

Improve Your Stockmanship

By Jordan Steele Economics & Finance, Planning & Management, Production No Comments

Last month I attended Dawn Hnatow’s stockmanship school in Virginia with my wife and father-in-law. It was an incredibly long road trip from Wyoming with our horses, but we were…

Sep 11

Are You A Superhero?

By Dave Pratt Ecology & Grazing, Planning & Management, Production One Comment

It’s a bird. It’s a plane. No, it’s an environmental superhero! If you are using cell grazing you are an environmental superhero. Of course, no one has to know that,…

Dec 12

4 Reasons Why Increasing Weaning Weights May Not Increase Profit

By Dave Pratt Ecology & Grazing, Labor Effectiveness, Production 4 Comments

I gotta stop reading this stuff. A recent article in a self-proclaimed “progressive” magazine claimed that July deworming was an often-overlooked opportunity to increase weaning weight and therefore profit. …

Nov 14

5 Keys to Quality Cattle

By Dave Pratt Ecology & Grazing, Economics & Finance, Production 14 Comments

A popular industry magazine found its way to my desk this week. An article that described five essential “wisdoms” for producing quality cattle piqued my curiosity. According to the author,…

Sep 26

Game Changer?

By Dave Pratt Economics & Finance, Planning & Management, Production 3 Comments

Income - costs = profit, right? The answer is “sort of.” It’s a little more complicated than that because we need to adjust for inventory changes, consider non-cash costs like…

Jun 13

How Long is Long Enough?

By Dave Pratt Ecology & Grazing, Planning & Management, Risk/Drought 2 Comments

The biggest mistake people make in grazing management is providing too short a recovery period for plants after grazing. Of course too much rest isn’t good either. In drier environments…

May 23

To Move or Not To Move

By Dave Pratt Ecology & Grazing, Planning & Management, Production No Comments

How do you know when it is time to move animals from one pasture to another? Most people figure that if they are out of feed in one pasture, it…

animal performance

Who’s Doing the Calving on Your Ranch?

Ranch Work Done Right – Becoming a WITB Ninja

Ranch Technologies

Improve Your Stockmanship

Are You A Superhero?

4 Reasons Why Increasing Weaning Weights May Not Increase Profit

5 Keys to Quality Cattle

Game Changer?

How Long is Long Enough?

To Move or Not To Move

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