Management Intensive Grazing And How We Look at Costs
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2011-02-26
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Lubben, Dave
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Cornbelt Cow-Calf Conference
The Cornbelt Cow-Calf Conference is one of the longest running and most successful conferences of its type in the Midwest. For over forty years, the conference has provided an opportunity for producers, researchers, and over 70 industry representatives to come together to explore current topics and issues. This concentrated one-day conference focuses on management and production practices that contribute to making the cow-calf business profitable and competitive on a long-term basis.
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We have a family owned farm cooperation consisting of my father and one employee. Our operation is 1900 acres in size with 650 acres in corn, 500 acres in soybeans, 160 acres in hay, and 500 acres in pasture in which we practice management intensive grazing. We have 200 beef cows and 300 head finishing feedlot.