BeefTalk: Who Wants to Save $300 Per Calf?
Kris Ringwall, Beef Specialist, NDSU Extension Service
What if I told you how to save $300 per head? Would you stop and ponder? As the beef industry looks forward and market prices continue to squeeze the cow-calf producer, the questions of cost control certainly surface. At the Dickinson Research Extension Center, the cost spread in the limited number of production systems the center can study is $300. Although these systems will not fit everyone, they are intended to cause one to ponder.