Managing the Cow-Calf Business
Date
January 16-17, 2025
Fees
$300
Location
Kingsville, TX & Online
Summary
Event will be simultaneously delivered in-person and online.
Having the right tools and correctly handling important decisions is critical to managing a cow-calf business. Managerial decisions that involve number gathering and crunching can be overwhelming. This lectureship provides fundamental skills used by successful ranch managers. You will learn by working through scenarios that include budgeting, determining stocking rate, and marketing calves to managing labor, depreciation, and purchased feed cost. Let us help you make sense of the most important managerial decisions in the cow-calf business.
This event is sponsored by Merck Animal Health.
Learning Objectives
- Understand the mission and goals held by ranch ownership
- Find profit drivers and leverage for making production changes
- Determine the value of production and marketing decisions
- Recognize the significance of spreading fixed costs
- Sort the information needed to make critical decisions and achieve goals
Instructors
Rick Machen, PhD • Executive Director and Robert J. Kleberg, Jr. and Helen C. Kleberg Endowed Chair • King Ranch® Institute for Ranch Management
Tylor Braden, MS • Country Natural Beef
John Hutcheson, PhD • Merck Animal Health
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