Business & Profitability
Guides on enterprise budgeting, marketing strategies, land & grazing economics and growth & succession.
Enterprise Budgeting
- Cow-Calf Budget Basics: What It Costs to Keep a Cow a YearMost cow-calf operators know what calves bring but not what each cow costs. A simple way to build the budget.
- Feed Is the Biggest Bill in the Feedlot: Managing Costs for Angus ProducersWhy feed dominates the budget when you finish cattle, and the levers that actually change cost of gain.
Marketing Strategies
- Carcass Specs and Grid PremiumsValue-based marketing pays for what the carcass delivers, so the specifications are the price list.
- The Global Angus Beef Market: How to Read ForecastsMarket-size projections vary widely. Here is how to judge them before they shape a business plan.
- The USDA Prime Premium: What $289.54 Per Head MeantA reported late-2024 per-head premium, the arithmetic behind it, and how to judge it for your own cattle.
- What Record Registered Angus Prices Mean for Commercial ProducersSeedstock prices hit new highs, and the effects reach well beyond the sale ring.
Land & Grazing Economics
- Feed Prices Swing: What Angus Producers Should Know About Regional CostsFeed costs rose sharply in recent years and not evenly everywhere. How to plan when the price of the biggest input moves.
- Small Angus Herds and Feed Risk: Buying Feed Versus Making HayNeither hay you bale nor feed you buy is risk-free, and a small herd carries each risk differently.
- The Sustainability Business Case for Angus ProducersMany environmental goals and profit goals pull in the same direction, and the overlap is where producers should start.
Growth & Succession
Guides in this section are being added.