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BEEF CATTLE RECORDS AND RECORD SYSTEMS

BEEF CATTLE RECORDS AND RECORD SYSTEMS. By David R. Hawkins Michigan State University. BEEF COW HERDS. Small herd size Part time or supplemental enterprise Periodic versus daily observations Business activity generates income in excess of costs

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BEEF CATTLE RECORDS AND RECORD SYSTEMS

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  1. BEEF CATTLE RECORDS AND RECORD SYSTEMS By David R. Hawkins Michigan State University

  2. BEEF COW HERDS • Small herd size • Part time or supplemental enterprise • Periodic versus daily observations • Business activity generates income in excess of costs • Consumption activity requires continued investment to be maintained

  3. Cow-Calf Health and Productivity Audit • 27.6% of beef cow-calf operations have no records at all • 65.2% keep records by hand (Based on surveys of 3,300 producers in 48 states) • Hopefully this will change in the future.

  4. Evolution of Beef Records • Barn Door • Checkbook • Pocket Calendar • Desk Folders • Computer Systems

  5. Types of Records • Inventory • Ancestral • Performance • Health • Financial

  6. IDENTIFICATION • Must be unique to each animal in the herd • Should be the same ID for ear tag, tattoo & registration certificate • Tattoo is permanent, but hard to read without catching the animal. • Ear tag is most common. Small metal tags are hard to read. Large plastic tags are often used. They should be “chute side” for easy reading.

  7. IDENTIFICATION • Brands can cause hide damage. Hot brands cause more damage than freeze brands. • Microchip technology may be used in the future. • Europe and Canada have adopted required animal identification. Look for the U.S. to have a system in place in the next few years.

  8. Ear Tag Example • Unique Individual ID • Year or Letter • Sire • Dam • Donor & Recipient • Birth Date • Color Code

  9. Beef Performance RecordsBirth • Birth Weight • Birth Date • Sex • Parentage • Calving Ease • Color Markings • Horned/Polled

  10. Beef Performance RecordsWeaning • Weaning Weight • Weaning Date • Hip Height or Frame • Environmental Management Code • Contemporary Group • Creep Feeding • Embryo Transfer

  11. Beef Performance RecordsYearling • Yearling Weight • Yearling Date • Hip Height or Frame • Pelvic Area • Scrotal Circumference • Tract Score or Age at Puberty • Ultrasound for Body Composition

  12. Beef Performance RecordsReproductive • Breeding Dates • Breeding Soundness Exams • Calving Interval • Services/Conception • Pregnancy Check

  13. Beef Performance RecordsHealth • Vaccination Dates • Vaccine Codes • Health Examination • Treatments • Preconditioning Procedures • Early Weaning Castration • Bunk Trained Dehorned

  14. Beef Performance Records • SPA – Standardized Performance Analysis • IRM – Integrated Resource Management • Both of these programs utilize “benchmarking” to allow producers to compare their individual herds to regional databases.

  15. Total Quality Management • You can not manage what you can not measure. • Decide what is important. • How will the data be used? • If it is not going to be used, why record it?

  16. Computer Programs • Computers do not save recording time. • Computers do save time in record storage, retrieval and analysis.

  17. Computer Programs • Inventory, Performance, Health • Commercial Companies (Red Wing) • CHAPS (North Dakota State) • Breed Association • American Angus Association • AIMS • Financial • SPA and IRM

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