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By Rayford Pullen
August is the month we start making plans for fall and winter pastures and making sure we have our hay supplies in good shape. In conversations with several producers around the country, one thing we have discussed is cutting our winter supplement costs, if possible.
We all know our costs of production have gone up in recent months in regards to fuel, fertilizer and feed, or as we call them, the big Fs. As we look at our margins, about the only thing we can do to increase our profits is to decrease our overhead. While many producers sell their calves as packaged beef there are not a lot of other options to increase our margins. While I do like this option, finding places to harvest our cattle has become a nightmare as our harvesting facilities are overloaded with demand.
So, we begin to look at what we can do to cut our costs that relate to keeping an animal year-round with winter feed cost being the most. Among the things we have discussed is making sure the hay we either raise or purchase is high quality to reduce protein needs, feeding liquid feed as opposed to cubes and utilizing winter pastures for our cow herd’s nutritional needs during the winter. We have not come up with the solution to our problems, but one thing that really sticks out is buying or producing higher quality hay.
To read more pick up a copy of the August 2021 NTFR issue. To subscribe call 940-872-5922.
By Krista Lucas Wynn
Each year, when the professional rodeo season wraps on Sept. 30, the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association and Women’s Professional Rodeo Association announce the Nutrena Horse of the Year, presented by the American Quarter Horse Association, in each event. This is a prestigious award, voted on by the members of the associations. To be named Horse of the Year by fellow competitors is a high honor only a few achieve.
To read more, pick up a copy of the November edition of North Texas Farm & Ranch magazine, available digitally and in print. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
By Heather Welper
Husband and wife duo, Heather and Calvin Welper, are the Co-Owners and Operators or Two C Livestock, located in Valley View, Texas.
The pair’s operation has a show cattle focus where they raise and sell purebred heifers of all breeds and club calf Hereford steers.
When it comes to show cattle, the Welpers know a thing or two including how to prepare for the cold winter months and the Texas major show season run.
To read more, pick up a copy of the November edition of North Texas Farm & Ranch magazine, available digitally and in print. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
By Tony Dean
Snow on the Mountain is an annual forb that is part of our landscape almost every year.
It is adapted to most of Texas and grows north to Montana and Minnesota and south to Mexico.
Although is seems to be most adapted to clay soils, this plant can be found on a wide variety of soil and moisture conditions.
To read more, pick up a copy of the November edition of North Texas Farm & Ranch magazine, available digitally and in print. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
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