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Value-Added Solutions
With tight profit margins, beef producers are aggressively looking at ways to add value and increase net profits. That is why today's successful beef producer needs
Owning cattle is a business — a complex business!
For most livestock producers, keeping records is one of the least desirable chores of all, but keeping herd records will provide you with information you need to be a better manager.
An eartag alone isn’t going to bring a producer any more money or add value to his cattle. While this is true, if there’s other information to go along with an eartag this will be of value in the market chain. But, to be of value the information has to be backed by credible, verifiable and auditable information.
Value-added marketing of cattle is receiving more and more attention. Progressive producers are capitalizing on opportunities to increase income by securing a better price for cattle that have added value.
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You cannot manage
what you cannot measure
Producers realize that adding value to their cattle means that they will need to implement certain management practices in order to maximize their potential profit. Producers already know and perform many routine practices that avoid their cattle being discounted when they sell.
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In the few seconds that a producers cattle are in the sale ring, buyers are visually appraising the animals trying to determine a value and place a bid. Their bid is based on their visual assessment of how the cattle may perform in the next phase of production. To build value it is becoming more common for producers to be able to document their value-added management practices and have this information be available to potential buyers at sale time.
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It is very important to market the types of cattle buyers demand. Successful producers must develop management and marketing strategies that will ensure premiums for their calf crop.
Much of the eventual market value of a calf is determined 16 to 19 months before they are marketed. This makes market acceptance very important.
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Producers are always subject to the whims of the market, but there are things producers can do to widen their buyer base and make calves worth more, things like weaning and preconditioning, source and age verification, as well as compliance with natural, organic, or many other numerous beef program requirements.
Valued-added beef production means different things to different people. Quite simply, value-added is as a procedure or process that increases the value of your product to the customer for which they are willing to pay additional money.
As consumer demands become more segmented, cattle producers face changes in how they raise and market their animals. With the changes, however, come opportunities to increase profits.
What can be learned is that if you’ve got cattle without a progressive genetics and management system behind them, you won’t see the value-added benefit that the producer with all of the verifications, documentation and proof.
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