Good Mama Cows - bred one straw at a Time!
Tim & Tandy West
846 County Road 26 • Centre, AL 35960 • 256-927-2025
AI Sires: Impression, Capitalist, Comrade, Reserve, Mentor and Upshot
Join the Alabama Angus Breeders contact:
David Gazda
(706) 296-7846 • dgazda@angus.org
or
Karri Mildenberger
(816) 383-5289
kmildenberger@angusjournal.com
LEGACY FARMS
The Cornerstone Breeding Excellence
February Bull Sale • April Firm Foundation Sale
Philip and Jacqueline Gleason
450 Trellis Circle
Springville, AL 35146
(205) 655-5350 Clinic
(256) 390-4651 Jackie Cell
(205) 612-2846 Philip Cell
Gleason4@windstream.net
Dr. Philip Gleason, Jr.
Argo Animal Clinic
8916 Gadsden Hwy.
Trussville, AL 35173
drgaac@aol.com
Proverbs 3:5-6
LAWLER ANGUS FARM
We are excited to host the following sales!
Southeast Classic Bull Sale – 2nd Saturday in January
19th Southeast Angus Classic Sale – 3rd Saturday in May
Held at our farm on Highway 51, 11 miles south of Opelika
Rosemond L. & Tillman Dudley
Bruce Randall, Manger
(334) 741-7761• rldudley65@aol.com
Visitors Welcome Anytime!
BUILDING A TOTAL PERFORMANCE PROGRAM
www.tennesseerivermusic.com
Randy & Kelly Owen
553 Randy Owen Dr. NE
Fort Payne, AL 35967
John & Randa Starnes
(O) 256-845-3936
cattle@tennesseerivermusic.com
Jason, BriAnna and Camden Upchurch
90572 Hwy 9 • Lineville, AL 36266
256-239-8540 cell
upchurchangus@gmail.com
www.upchurchangus.com
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timing — cyclical market fuctuations, fxed
costs (overhead), variable costs (primarily
feed), and the goals of the producer —
should be considered.
Cow-calf producers may face obstacles to
implement preconditioning management
on their ranch due to lack of facilities and
labor necessary to keep weaned calves on the
farm, or from a reluctance to bear the health
risks for postweaning calves. In some areas
of the country, raised or local feedstuffs are
not available at a price that allows low cost of
gain. These obstacles are legitimate reasons
that some producers should not precondition
their calves.
To overcome these obstacles, producers
must be able to utilize cost-effective weaning,
working and feeding facilities; obtain feed at
a competitive cost; grow the calves at a high
enough rate of gain to allow a low cost of
gain; and sell the calves in marketing channels
and to buyers that reward preconditioning.
Another consideration that supports
increased utilization of preconditioning by
cow-calf producers is that beef production
is shifting toward a consumer focus and
new areas are achieving more attention,
including individual animal identifcation;
value-based marketing; animal health and
welfare; food safety; and source, process
and age verifcation. These changes in the
beef industry are compatible with concepts
of preconditioning management and
should serve to generate further interest
in preconditioning throughout the beef
production chain.
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EMAIL: rlarson@vet.k-state.edu
Editor's Note: Bob Larson is professor of
production medicine at Kansas State University.