The Casual Cattle Conversations Podcast: Keep or Cull: Economic Insights for Managing Open Cows
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Keep or Cull: Economic Insights for Managing Open Cows
June 30, 2025 | Written By Shaye Koester
To Keep or to Cull? Know Your Options With Open Cows
It’s a question every rancher faces each year: keep or cull? After pregnancy checks confirm which cows are bred and which are open, decisions must be made—decisions that can have a significant impact on a cow-calf operation’s bottom line.
“It’s important to know that the marketing of open cattle on the ranch level typically accounts for 10 to 20 percent of gross revenue for cow-calf operators,” said Jon Biermacher, Professor of Practice and Extension Livestock Development Specialist in the Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics at North Dakota State University. ...
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