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Decision-making tools for feeding cattle
As fall and harvest starts to wind down in Wisconsin, some farmers are starting to buy feeders to feed for the winter. This year, farmers are taking a more critical look at the economics of their...
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Evaluating the Dairy Steer Enterprise
By Bill Halfman, UW Extension County Agriculture Agent In Wisconsin it is common for dairy farms to have a dairy steer enterprise. A number of Wisconsin farms also transition to finishing dairy steers...
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New Stocker Enterprise Budget Spreadsheet
The Wisconsin Beef Information Center has added another economic decision making tool for beef producers. The feedlot enterprise spreadsheet has been adapted for use by farmers backgrounding or...
View ArticleProduction Records for the Commercial Cow Herd
Written by Kalyn Waters, South Dakota State Extension Beef Cow/Calf Field Specialist Every rancher’s wife knows the panic that ensues when she takes a load of laundry out of the wash during calving...
View ArticleConsiderations for Buying and Selling Standing Forages
As we move into summer, beef producers may have the opportunity to buy or sell some standing forages to be harvested as silage or hay. Determining a fair price can be a challenge. Ideally buying and...
View ArticleFall 2014 Feedlot Projections
Over the past few weeks a common question received at a number of Extension Offices has been around the high costs of feeder calves, feed costs and how does back-grounding or finishing cattle pencil...
View ArticleHolstein Feeder Yardage Survey Summary
UW Extension conducted a survey of farms in Wisconsin to examine yardage costs associated with their Holstein steer finishing enterprise. This Holstein steer yardage survey focused on overhead,...
View ArticleEvaluating the Dairy Steer Enterprise
By Bill Halfman, UW Extension County Agriculture Agent In Wisconsin it is common for dairy farms to have a dairy steer enterprise. A number of Wisconsin farms also transition to finishing dairy steers...
View ArticleNew Stocker Enterprise Budget Spreadsheet
The Wisconsin Beef Information Center has added another economic decision making tool for beef producers. The feedlot enterprise spreadsheet has been adapted for use by farmers backgrounding or grazing...
View ArticleProduction Records for the Commercial Cow Herd
Written by Kalyn Waters, South Dakota State Extension Beef Cow/Calf Field Specialist Every rancher’s wife knows the panic that ensues when she takes a load of laundry out of the wash during calving...
View ArticleConsiderations for Buying and Selling Standing Forages
As we move into summer, beef producers may have the opportunity to buy or sell some standing forages to be harvested as silage or hay. Determining a fair price can be a challenge. Ideally buying and...
View ArticleFall 2014 Feedlot Projections
Over the past few weeks a common question received at a number of Extension Offices has been around the high costs of feeder calves, feed costs and how does back-grounding or finishing cattle pencil...
View ArticleHolstein Feeder Yardage Survey Summary
UW Extension conducted a survey of farms in Wisconsin to examine yardage costs associated with their Holstein steer finishing enterprise. This Holstein steer yardage survey focused on overhead,...
View ArticleNew Stocker Calf Enterprise Budget and Updated Cow-Calf Budget Now Available
A new stocker calf enterprise budget spreadsheet is now available for for use where pasture is a component of the stocker calf program. The new spreadsheet can be downloaded from the WBIC Decision...
View ArticleNew Closeout Spreadsheet Available from UW Extension
Once you sell the last of a group of cattle you fed out, do you wonder how they did, or do you take the time to calculate how they did and what the profits or losses were on that group? UW Extension...
View ArticleUW Extension 2017 Fall Cattle Feeder Enterprise Projections
We have updated and revised our annual fall cattle feeder projections for 2017. New this year is a preconditioning enterprise budget and a budget for finishing beef heifer calves. Fall 2017 Cattle...
View ArticleIs Your Wisconsin Beef Operation Profitable?
Profitability is in the eye of the beholder. Raising beef may be about many things, and for some, profit is not chief among them. Be honest with yourself. Is the beef operation contributing to your...
View ArticleUW Extension 2018 Fall Cattle Feeder Enterprise Projections
We have updated and revised our annual fall cattle feeder projections for 2017. Fall 2018 Cattle Feeder Projections (xls) tabs across the bottom show the different scenarios that are summarized on the...
View ArticleNew Stocker Enterprise Budget Spreadsheet
The Wisconsin Beef Information Center has added another economic decision making tool for beef producers. The feedlot enterprise spreadsheet has been adapted for use by farmers backgrounding or grazing...
View ArticleProduction Records for the Commercial Cow Herd
Written by Kalyn Waters, South Dakota State Extension Beef Cow/Calf Field Specialist Every rancher’s wife knows the panic that ensues when she takes a load of laundry out of the wash during calving...
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