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Commercial Beef SMF final presentation - April 2017
The document presents a comprehensive report on the performance and management of a commercial beef unit, including a SWOT analysis, financial performance, and herd health. It outlines strengths such as teamwork, weaknesses like communication issues, and key opportunities in marketing and education, while detailing progress in herd management, sales metrics, feed costs, and health treatments. Long-term goals include maintaining herd size, improving quality, and expanding pasture, while short-term objectives focus on enhancing communication and a successful calving season.
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- 1. Commercial Beef Unit December9, 2016 Commercial Beef Unit April 13, 2017
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- 3. SWOT Analysis Strengths •Teamwork • Mentors • Communication Weaknesses • Communication between units • Large team affects involvement Opportunities • Marketing • Education • Herd performance & growth • New students with new ideas Threats • Market crash • Pasture rental • International trade deals
- 4. Vision for theHerd • Maintain 100 breeding females in herd • Continue to use Simmental Angus cross • Continue to raise quality animals • Continued involvement at Beef Day • Continued involvement at Canadian Western Agribition
- 5. Progress Report • Continuedherd health checks • Kept monthly weigh-ins consistent • Successful promotion • Sold steer calves at market • Sold heifers at Beef Day and Agribition • Decreased feed costs
- 6. Long Term Goals •Decrease length of calving season • Improve quality of herd • Select replacement heifers that fit our herd • Increase acres of pasture • Maintain relationships with producers in the industry • Keep chrome and blaze face program
- 7. Short Term Goals •Improve communication • Successful calving season • Raise quality Angus/Simmental cross calves • Pull bulls after 63 breeding days
- 8. GOLD Industry Standard SMF 2015/16 SMF 2016/17 G- Growth Rate 43% dam’s wt. 41%dam’s wt. 44.5% dam’s wt. O- Open Cows 4% 9% 11.8% L- Length of Calving Season 63 days 108 days 100 days D- Death Loss 4% 4% 3% To Date
- 9. Key Performance Indicators GrowthRate Higher weaning weights, More grass than last year Open Cows Age, Drought, Nutritional factors, Dystocia Length of Calving Season Bulls weren’t pulled all summer, Sold 5 late cows and replaced with 5 cows that fit the calving season Death Loss Scours out break, Pneumonia due to the changing weather
- 10. Herd Inventory Total =103 breeding animals, 88 calves Cow/Calf Pairs Open Cows Replacement Heifers Bulls Steer Calves Heifer Calves First Calf Heifers
- 11. Marketing • Purchased twoyearling Simmental herd sires • Calf Insurance • 51 steers at $1.91/cwt for $176/cwt
- 12. Sales • Sold 5late bred cows for $1,449/head • Bought 5 bred heifers for $2,420/head • Sold 2 cull heifers for $1,224.90/head • Bought 2 black Simmental bulls for $5,000 and $8,500
- 13. Select Heifers Sold Agribitionand Beef Day Lakeland College Agribition Replacement Heifers $1450/head Beef Day Average $1885/head
- 14. Beef Day 2017 •Lakeland College’s Annual Livestock Sale • Sold 12 Black Angus Simmental Cross replacement heifers • Averaged 1005 lbs.
- 15. Beef Day 2017 •Pen 1: $ 1,700/hd • Pen 2: $ 1,950/hd • Pen 3: $ 2,000/hd • Profit = $17,785.44
- 16. 2017 Birth Weights Numberof Calves Average Birth Weight Other Information Total Calves 88 89 lbs. Commercial Calves 82 88 lbs. Embryo Calves 6 98 lbs. 2 Heifers 4 Bulls Heifer Calves 34 82 lbs. 17 from Heifers 17 from Cows Steer Calves 48 91 lbs. 13 from Heifers 35 from Cows
- 17. Fall Weights Average weaning weight Cowcalf Average Weaning weight Heifer calf Combined average weaning weight Heifer Calves 686 lbs 702 lbs 695 lbs Steer Calves 648 lbs 704 lbs 664 lbs Average weight at weaning Average BCS at weaning Cows 1376 lbs 2.93 First Calf Heifers 1309 lbs 2.76
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- 20. Reproduction • 3 Simmentalbulls • 1 blazed face, 2 black • Renting 1 Angus heifer bull from the Research Unit • $50/ head • Palpated 23 heifers on March 21st • 2 were confirmed pregnant • Embryo Contract was renegotiated with the Purebred Unit to 10 cows
- 21. Bull Costs • $8,500-$2,000= $6,500 • 4 years = $1,625/yr / 30 cows = $54/hd • $5,000-$2,000 = $3,000 • 4 years = $750/yr / 30 cows = $25/hd • Total = $13,500-$4,000 = $9,500 • 4 years = $2,375/yr / 60 cows = $39/hd
- 22. Breeding Season 2017 •April 6th – Heifer bull put in with 9 replacement heifers • April 13th – 3 herd bulls put in with 89 cows • June 15th – Pull all bulls for a 63 day breeding season
- 23. Opens • Fall 2016 •10 open cows • Due to: • Age • Dystocia • Spring drought
- 24. Nutrition • Replacement Heifers: •$1.44/hd/day • $223/hd/year = $7,358.82 total feed costs • Diet Consisted of: • Barley Silage • Barley Grain • Beef Supplement
- 25. Nutrition • Bred Heifersand Cows: • $1.71/hd/day • $132.45/hd/year = $10,058.95 total feed costs • Diet Consisted of: • Barley Silage • Beef Supplement
- 26. Nutrition • Lactating Cows: •$1.75/hd/day • $91.62/hd/year = $6,963.99 total feed costs • Diet Consisted of: • Barley Silage • Corn Silage • Barley Grain • Beef Supplement
- 27. Herd Health • 88cow-calf pairs • 11 calf scours treatments • 4 calf pneumonia treatments • 1 replacement heifer pneumonia treatment • 3 replacement heifer foot rot treatments • 2 replacement heifer pinkeye treatments
- 28. Herd Health Vet andSupplies Cost Treatment Costs $881 Vaccination Costs $2,818 Total Costs $3,699
- 29. Range and Forage •Goal: model sustainable, economical, and ethical grazing systems in practice • Organize and implement a variety of grazing strategies • Measure annual productivity • Recommend pasture improvements • Assess and adapt to industry changes
- 30. Range and Forage •2016 Pasture = $13,781 • Trucking = $4,400 • Drought • 2017 Pasture • Looking for additional land • Producers
- 31. Income Total Income =$153,876.61 Steer Sales Cow Sales Heifer Sales (Beef Day) Heifer Sales Livestock Products Custom Work Bull Sales Miscellaneous Income
- 32. Expenses Total Expenses =$109,241.13 Feed Expenses Labour Purchase of Bulls Purchase of Cows Equipment Rental Corral Cleaning Custom Trucking Deductions Utilities Vet/Meds Breeding Fees Show Expenses Insurance Bedding Farm Supplies & Materials Miscellaneous Expenses Beef Day Expenses Public Relations (sans BD&Show)
- 33. Budgeted Income Total BudgetedIncome = $124,010.00 Total Income YTD = $153,876.61 Variance = $29,866.61 $0.00 $10,000.00 $20,000.00 $30,000.00 $40,000.00 $50,000.00 $60,000.00 $70,000.00 $80,000.00 Budget YTD
- 34. Budgeted Expenses Total BudgetedExpenses = $116,745.00 Total Expenses YTD = $109,241.13 Variance = $7,503.87 $0.00 $5,000.00 $10,000.00 $15,000.00 $20,000.00 $25,000.00 $30,000.00 $35,000.00 $40,000.00 $45,000.00 $50,000.00 Budget YTD
- 35. Financial Summary • Costof Production = $1.63/hd • Budgeted Net Income = $7,265.00 • Actual Net Income = $44,635.48
- 36. Sustainability/Stewardship • Boot WashImplementation • Alberta Environmental Farm Plan and Lakeland Environmental Farm Plan • Meeting regarding Lakeland College land usage
- 37. Recommendations • Maintain herdsize at 100 head • Find long term pasture rental • Shorten length of calving season • Researching new options of record keeping for the beef units for a more convenient and organized approach
- 38. Recommendations • Continue involvementin Agribition and Beef Day • Continue with blaze faced bull program • Maintain the Simmental/Angus cross • Work with and maintain relationships with other units and farm staff
- 39. Thank You! • PeterWilkinson • April Warrilow • Austin Partington • Jamie Anderson • Dr. Kent Weir • Geoff Brown • Denise Martin • Westman Farms • Peter Walsh • Leila Hickman • Darrell Hickman • Tracy Quinton • Janet Kerr • Jessica Hyrciuk • Bevin Hamilton • Marisa Moe • Craig’s • Embroidery Xpressions • Double Bar D Farms • JBS • CL Ranches • Soderglen’s • Blairs.Ag Cattle Co. • Michael Verstegen • Jim Pulyk • Doug and Larene Zimmer • Isaacson Family Farms • Hagel Feeders • Josie Van Lent • New Holland
Editor's Notes
- #39 Bull Power- combine bull power with other teams Replace old bull in 2018