Department of Animal Science
Date of this Version
11-2015
Citation
24th Range Beef Symposium, Nov. 17-19, 2015, Loveland, Colo.
Abstract
Many progressive cow/calf producers have considered adding a yearling stocker enterprise to their business model. There are significant benefits to diversification; yearling cattle can help to optimize available forage and balance the financial viability of a livestock operation. At the same time however, managing the dynamics of a secondary enterprise will add complexity and potentially elevate risk to the combined operation. The added dimension of market livestock will help a ranch utilize their forage resources more efficiently, but yearling cattle have different needs than cows and different objectives and require a dissimilar skill set than required to successfully wean a calf.
Comments
Copyright 2015 Mark Frasier.