10 tips for a successful weaning and preconditioning season

For those producers who have a defined spring calving season, weaning the calf crop is just around the corner. There is a sizable amount of data and literature that demonstrates preconditioning calves will return a greater profit back to the ranch than stripping and selling a bawling calf. Feedlot buyers are becoming more selective and are rewarding cattle producers with proper vaccination and preconditioning programs (or discounting those who don’t). The Noble Research Institute’s Livestock Consultant Robert Wells gives us 10 tips are designed to help producers be more successful during the preconditioning phase of calf development. Read more…