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SWOT Analysis
Strengths • Teamwork • Mentors• Communication
Weaknesses • Communication between units• Large team affects involvement
Opportunities • Marketing• Education• Herd performance & growth• New students with new ideas
Threats • Market crash• Pasture rental• International trade deals
Vision for the Herd
• Maintain 100 breeding females in herd
• Continue to use Simmental Angus cross
• Continue to raise quality animals
• Continued involvement at Beef Day
• Continued involvement at Canadian
Western Agribition
Progress Report
• Continued herd health checks
• Kept monthly weigh-ins consistent
• Successful promotion
• Sold steer calves at market
• Sold heifers at Beef Day and Agribition
• Decreased feed costs
Long Term Goals
• Decrease length of calving season
• Improve quality of herd
• Select replacement heifers that fit our herd
• Increase acres of pasture
• Maintain relationships with producers in the
industry
• Keep chrome and blaze face program
Short Term Goals
• Improve communication
• Successful calving season
• Raise quality Angus/Simmental cross calves
• Pull bulls after 63 breeding days
GOLD
Industry Standard
SMF 2015/16
SMF 2016/17
G- Growth Rate
43% dam’s wt.
41% dam’s wt.
44.5% dam’s wt.
O- Open Cows 4% 9% 11.8%
L- Length of Calving Season
63 days 108 days 100 days
D- Death Loss 4% 4% 3% To Date
Key Performance Indicators
Growth Rate Higher weaning weights, More grass than last year
Open Cows Age, Drought, Nutritional factors, Dystocia
Length of Calving Season Bulls weren’t pulled all summer, Sold 5 late cows and replaced with 5 cows that fit the calving season
Death Loss Scours out break, Pneumonia due to the changing weather
Herd Inventory
Total = 103 breeding animals, 88 calves
Cow/Calf Pairs
Open Cows
ReplacementHeifersBulls
Steer Calves
Heifer Calves
First Calf Heifers
Marketing
• Purchased two yearling Simmental herd sires
• Calf Insurance
• 51 steers at $1.91/cwt for $176/cwt
Sales
• Sold 5 late bred cows for $1,449/head
• Bought 5 bred heifers for $2,420/head
• Sold 2 cull heifers for $1,224.90/head
• Bought 2 black Simmental bulls for $5,000
and $8,500
Select Heifers Sold
Agribition and Beef Day
Lakeland College Agribition Replacement Heifers
$1450/head
Beef Day Average $1885/head
Beef Day 2017
• Lakeland College’s Annual Livestock Sale
• Sold 12 Black Angus Simmental Cross replacement heifers
• Averaged 1005 lbs.
2017 Birth WeightsNumber of Calves
Average Birth Weight
Other Information
Total Calves 88 89 lbs.
Commercial Calves
82 88 lbs.
Embryo Calves 6 98 lbs. 2 Heifers4 Bulls
Heifer Calves 34 82 lbs. 17 from Heifers17 from Cows
Steer Calves 48 91 lbs. 13 from Heifers35 from Cows
Fall WeightsAverage
weaning weight
Cow calf
Average
Weaning weight
Heifer calf
Combined
average
weaning
weight
Heifer
Calves686 lbs 702 lbs 695 lbs
Steer
Calves648 lbs 704 lbs 664 lbs
Average weight at
weaning
Average BCS at
weaning
Cows 1376 lbs 2.93
First Calf
Heifers
1309 lbs 2.76
Reproduction
• 3 Simmental bulls• 1 blazed face, 2 black
• Renting 1 Angus heifer bull from the Research Unit• $50/ head
• Palpated 23 heifers on March 21st
• 2 were confirmed pregnant
• Embryo Contract was renegotiated with the Purebred Unit to 10 cows
Bull Costs
• $8,500-$2,000 = $6,500
• 4 years = $1,625/yr / 30 cows = $54/hd
• $5,000-$2,000 = $3,000
• 4 years = $750/yr / 30 cows = $25/hd
• Total = $13,500-$4,000 = $9,500
• 4 years = $2,375/yr / 60 cows = $39/hd
Breeding Season 2017
• April 6th – Heifer bull put in with 9 replacement heifers
• April 13th – 3 herd bulls put in with 89 cows
• June 15th – Pull all bulls for a 63 day breeding season
Nutrition
• Replacement Heifers:
• $1.44/hd/day
• $223/hd/year
= $7,358.82 total feed costs
• Diet Consisted of:
• Barley Silage
• Barley Grain
• Beef Supplement
Nutrition
• Bred Heifers and Cows:
• $1.71/hd/day
• $132.45/hd/year
= $10,058.95 total
feed costs
• Diet Consisted of:
• Barley Silage
• Beef Supplement
Nutrition
• Lactating Cows:
• $1.75/hd/day
• $91.62/hd/year
= $6,963.99 total feed costs
• Diet Consisted of:
• Barley Silage
• Corn Silage
• Barley Grain
• Beef Supplement
Herd Health
• 88 cow-calf pairs
• 11 calf scours treatments
• 4 calf pneumonia treatments
• 1 replacement heifer pneumonia treatment
• 3 replacement heifer foot rot treatments
• 2 replacement heifer pinkeye treatments
Range and Forage
• Goal: model sustainable, economical, and ethical grazing systems in practice
• Organize and implement a variety of grazing strategies
• Measure annual productivity
• Recommend pasture improvements
• Assess and adapt to industry changes
Range and Forage
• 2016 Pasture = $13,781
• Trucking = $4,400
• Drought
• 2017 Pasture
• Looking for additional land
• Producers
Income
Total Income = $153,876.61
Steer Sales
Cow Sales
Heifer Sales (Beef Day)
Heifer Sales
Livestock Products
Custom Work
Bull Sales
Miscellaneous Income
Expenses
Total Expenses = $109,241.13
Feed Expenses
Labour
Purchase of Bulls
Purchase of Cows
Equipment Rental
Corral Cleaning
Custom Trucking
Deductions
Utilities
Vet/Meds
Breeding Fees
Show Expenses
Insurance
Bedding
Farm Supplies & Materials
Miscellaneous Expenses
Beef Day Expenses
Public Relations (sans BD&Show)
Budgeted Income
Total Budgeted Income = $124,010.00Total Income YTD = $153,876.61 Variance = $29,866.61
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Budget
YTD
Budgeted Expenses
Total Budgeted Expenses = $116,745.00Total Expenses YTD = $109,241.13 Variance = $7,503.87
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Financial Summary
• Cost of Production = $1.63/hd
• Budgeted Net Income = $7,265.00
• Actual Net Income = $44,635.48
Sustainability/Stewardship
• Boot Wash Implementation
• Alberta Environmental Farm Plan and Lakeland Environmental Farm Plan
• Meeting regarding Lakeland College land usage
Recommendations
• Maintain herd size at 100 head
• Find long term pasture rental
• Shorten length of calving season
• Researching new options of record
keeping for the beef units for a more
convenient and organized approach
Recommendations
• Continue involvement in Agribition and
Beef Day
• Continue with blaze faced bull program
• Maintain the Simmental/Angus cross
• Work with and maintain relationships with
other units and farm staff
Thank You!
• Peter Wilkinson• April Warrilow• Austin Partington• Jamie Anderson• Dr. Kent Weir• Geoff Brown• Denise Martin• Westman Farms• Peter Walsh• Leila Hickman• Darrell Hickman
• Tracy Quinton• Janet Kerr• Jessica Hyrciuk• Bevin Hamilton• Marisa Moe• Craig’s• Embroidery
Xpressions• Double Bar D Farms• JBS• CL Ranches
• Soderglen’s• Blairs.Ag Cattle Co.• Michael Verstegen• Jim Pulyk• Doug and Larene
Zimmer• Isaacson Family
Farms• Hagel Feeders• Josie Van Lent• New Holland