To me, beef is one of the most versatile and enjoyable foods.  I love eating beef and I enjoy cooking beef.  So much that I tend to take over people’s ...

There are a number of flow-on benefits from yard weaning that are not always realised on farm.  Some of these benefits include more robust immune ...

• A score of 2 or 8 are low scoring animals and should be carefully evaluating before using in a breeding program• A score of 1 or 9 are considered ...

Some questions that are worth considering include sale method.  While local saleyards do offer a degree of competition, demand is often determined by ...

Shortening calving is therefore a financially rewarding ambition for beef herds.  There are several ways to approach this ambition. Management ...

A good example is a friend who sold 14 young heifers recently. They decided that this year they would keep with tradition and use their local agent, ...

3: Do you have a clear idea of how achievable your goal is? In other words, do you really understand what you actually have to do to get to that end ...

The combination of high cattle prices; seasonal conditions that resulted in high pasture growth; herd rebuilding across the county and overall optimism ...

Setting a value on your stock can also be a challenge. Many people overinflated the value of their animals. Realistic prices should be set on the class ...

Although the additional weight of the Hereford sired calves resulted in higher Hot Standard Carcase Weights, carcase quality measurement including MSA ...