Commercial Beef SMF Final Presentation
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Lakeland College's second year animal science students are part of the Student-managed farm powered by New Holland. Commercial beef is one of the teams. The SMF commercial beef team works with the herd and makes recommendations about breeding and selling, production and marketing. Weekly meetings are part of the SMF course.
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Commercial Beef SMF Final Presentation
- 1. Commercial Beef SMF Final Presentation
- 2. Commercial Team Brooklyn Macpherson Tyra Krusky Megan Jensen Maggie-Kas Murphy Alison Kuhn Betsy Wieler Emily Siklenka Daphne Shatkowski Bailey Hlus Matt Abernethy Sarah Muller Riley Wiens Dexter Bates Shania Chanasyk Tyler Applin Deanna Yanish
- 3. DEDICATION – TEAM – OWNERSHIP
- 10. Evaluate bull power Address high feed cost Continue herd health checks Continue sire trace Continue being involved with Beef Day Short Term Goals
- 11. Long Term Goals Good relationship with vet Consistent monthly weigh-ins Update yearly binder Update records Communication with other teams
- 12. Herd Inventory
- 14. Age Of Our Herd 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Age of Cow/Heifer NumberinHerd
- 15. Herd Decisions Replacements Kept back 26 heifers Branded and re-tagged Culling: improving quality of herd Bulls 2 herd sires Heifer bull(s)
- 16. Calving Update Average Birth Weight: 91 lbs. 82% Calving Ease 3 Sets of twins
- 17. 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 Calving Distribution 1st Cycle 2nd Cycle 3rd Cycle 4th Cycle 33% 46% 15% 5%
- 18. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 3 4 1 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 2014 Purchased Bred Heifers 2014 2015 2016 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
- 19. Embryo Project Partnership with Purebred Unit 20 first cycle cows $100 per cow set up Paid on 680 pound weaning weight
- 20. Performance
- 21. Key Performance Indicators Target 2015 Growth 43% of dams weight 41% Open Cows 4% 9% Length of Calving 63 days 108 days Death Loss 4% 4%
- 22. Birth Weight Comparisons 76 78 80 82 84 86 88 90 92 94 96 Steers Heifers 2015 2016 BirthWeight(lbs.) 95 85 82 93
- 23. 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 WeaningWeight(LBS) Previous Weaning Weights
- 24. 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Canfax Average Calf Price Price per cwt $/cwt.
- 26. Short Term Goals Cull unfit females 100 females exposed to breeding Increase pounds of calf weaned per dam’s weight
- 27. Long Term Increase number calves born during 1st cycle Retain our own genetics Retain an Angus/Simmental cross
- 28. Finance
- 29. Cow Sales $16,519 Calf Sales $34,940 Bull Sales $3,159 Heifer Sales $39,173 Steer Sales $49,688 Inventory Adjustment $798 Income
- 31. Overview Income $144,277.44 Expense $84,824.16 Net Income $59,453.28
- 32. Insurance Bull Insurance Calf Insurance Insure the entire calf crop of 2016
- 33. Nutrition
- 34. $1.23/head/day
- 35. $1.30/head/day
- 36. Herd Health
- 37. Scheduled Health Checks and Treatments Updates Cost of Vet & Supplies Herd Health Protocols $3,540.13 Treatments $242.42 TOTAL $3,782.55 Budget $3,100.00
- 38. Our Recommendations 2016 - 2017 SMF Year
- 39. Recommendations Water System/Rotational Grazing Breakeven Analysis Comparison of production costs over previous years Strategic use of Bull Power
- 40. Research Herd
- 41. Selection Criteria Heifers Uniformity Calving Ease Moderate Frame Conformation
- 43. Value of SMF Hands-on Learning Industry Networking Teamwork Commitment
Editor's Notes
- Order according to standing positions *Brooklyn
- As you can see, we have a large team this year, in fact our team is the largest there have been since the beef SMF had split into purebred and commercial in 2012. Of course, with having such a large team, it definitely has its challenges. To get everyone focused in at the same time during weekly or last minute meetings, is definitely one of those challenges. To get everyone engaged in the same task is difficult. But on the other hand, having such a large team, there is always someone who has experience or knowledge in a specific area or task where when the time comes, they can step up and lead the team. Dedication is something some of us lacked at times, but in the end, it is clear that we have all taken ownership and pride of the herd.
- Tyra
- Good mentors Size of team Industry resources
- Commitment Limited time Divided focus
- Opportunities Research herd Low Canadian dollar Industry events
- Climate fluctuation Market crash Reproductive issues
- *Megan
- Know each one Increase size of SMF board Update SMF room Continue sire trace Evaluate bull power Address high feed cost Substituted straw and 2yr old hay and green feed Continue herd health checks Continue being involved with Beef Day Didn’t sire trace because: Did not see what information we could use Cost is a large factor Was recommended due to previous bull who was shipped in August (Before we started) Didn’t be involved in Beef Day because: Kept back top end heifers as replacements that could have potentially been put in Beef Day
- Keep good relationship with vet Keep monthly weigh-ins consistent Keep yearly binder updated Keep financial records updated Keep good communication with other teams
- *Ali
- Here’s an overview of the age of our herd. As you can see, there was a period when we didn’t buy or keep back any heifers. This is why last year and this year so many were added to the herd. We have 34 three year olds that were purchased last year and 26 two year old heifers that we selected out of last years calf crop. Our oldest cows in the herd are 17 years old. This year we lost 2 16 year old cows and one 4 year old cow. But the others are still kicking! The culling in previous years has been pushed off quite a bit simply because of the high cattle prices and by the time students come to the school the cows are already bred and it’s a shame to sell them for such a low price. However, we will be doing a more strict cull this year as we have quite a few getting up there in years that are decreasing in performance. I’ll touch on that later too.
- Culling: Age, legs, feet, bad bags, attitude, etc. **Pictures New Tags! (Lakeland College)
- *Betsy
- *Betsy
- -Flat rate price per head of $100 *Emily -Limited use to 20 cows -Worried about cows slipping cycles -Lowered weaning weights ***Picture *
- Explain how we compare to Alberta Benchmarks *Maggie Industry standards do not change each year -Other producer’s also found higher than average rates -dry year -old cows -tough calving (twins, backwards, Calving Season due to later calving heifers -Number that jumped cycles or not
- Graph *Daphne
- *Bailey
- Pasture facility mitigate risks with health issues *Emily How we can increase third point: -Increase hybrid vigour -Good milking dams -link to culling/replacement heifers (% weaning weight)
- Explain how we are going to do this… *Emily -Recommended not doing the embryo program every year (not give up all/most 1st cycle cows) -Increase bull power (bull – cow ratio) -Good body condition scores -good nutrition (upward plane of nutrition) -tough calvers – cull Angus/Simmy cross -maintain around 50/50 -Angus heifer bulls onto cows after 2 years on heifers -Heifers off of first calf heifers not likely to be kept as replacements
- *Matt
- ***Pie chart?*** -entire budget in handout -explain % of other income and expense sources **More information* Pie chart of income Pie chart of expenses
- Sarah can send Daphne to put in details *Sarah Premium table in handout
- *Riley
- Updated to: Feb 29th *Changed -cost per head -Number of calves
- Update to daphne’s email
- *Dexter
- Mention health checks “Those of you that were at Mid-year….Pink Eye has cleared up” -any blindness? Etc. 3 Cows: -Pneumonia -Twisted gut -Pinched Nerve -Due to age
- *Shania
- Bulls -Potential to share with Purebred Unit and Research herd Backgrounding cattle -Lost ~$/hd
- *Tyler
- Went through a tendering process -looking for Selected 50 easy calving moderate framed heifers out of 88 from Little Big Ranch from Maple Creek, SK. -Both Jess and his wife are alumni of Lakeland College -Has a mature breeding program -Are out of a low input system
- Fertility Calving ease Moderate frame size
- Learning *Deanna -Replacement decision process -Branding -Bulls – Ernie, Sales -Culling Industry -present/futures
- *Brooklyn