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<blockquote data-quote="cbcr" data-source="post: 1164276" data-attributes="member: 16303"><p>Record keeping on cattle is kind of like keeping a checkbook register. How do you know where you are without information.</p><p></p><p>While birth weights are important, it is not always easy or practical to do in many commercial operations. Weaning weights would certainly be nice, gives you a better idea of how well a cow is producing, visual is not always accurate.</p><p></p><p>Vaccinations and herd health are important. I know of a couple of producers that write things down in notebooks. One had several notebooks and never put things in order, he would just open up the book to a blank page and start writing. Because of this type of record keeping he ended up vaccinating and worming over 100 head of animals a second time, ( he said that that cost him over $1000 ). A couple of days later he was looking in another book for some information and ran across where he had written down the information on the group of cows that he had just worked for the second time. He had previously done them 5 weeks earlier.</p><p></p><p>Vaccinations and information on calves with validation also add $$$$$ when you sell. Knowing that calves have had proper vaccinations and management practices can add money to your bottom line.</p><p></p><p>If you have good information and if buyers going forward can keep information together, many times when your cattle go to slaughter, they will give you a copy of how well your cattle performed. Then you can see what changes you may need to make in your genetics or other practices.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cbcr, post: 1164276, member: 16303"] Record keeping on cattle is kind of like keeping a checkbook register. How do you know where you are without information. While birth weights are important, it is not always easy or practical to do in many commercial operations. Weaning weights would certainly be nice, gives you a better idea of how well a cow is producing, visual is not always accurate. Vaccinations and herd health are important. I know of a couple of producers that write things down in notebooks. One had several notebooks and never put things in order, he would just open up the book to a blank page and start writing. Because of this type of record keeping he ended up vaccinating and worming over 100 head of animals a second time, ( he said that that cost him over $1000 ). A couple of days later he was looking in another book for some information and ran across where he had written down the information on the group of cows that he had just worked for the second time. He had previously done them 5 weeks earlier. Vaccinations and information on calves with validation also add $$$$$ when you sell. Knowing that calves have had proper vaccinations and management practices can add money to your bottom line. If you have good information and if buyers going forward can keep information together, many times when your cattle go to slaughter, they will give you a copy of how well your cattle performed. Then you can see what changes you may need to make in your genetics or other practices. [/QUOTE]
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