The Casual Cattle Conversations Podcast: Tips and Technology for Receiving Calves
Thursday, September 25, 2025
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Tips and Technology for Receiving Calves
September 22, 2025 | Written By Shaye Koester
What makes a backgrounding enterprise successful? Is it good cattle, health protocols, good nutrition or thorough record-keeping? The answer – all of the above!
A healthy, high-performing calf for the backgrounder and feeder starts on the ranch level.
“It’s beneficial if we can get some pre-weaning vaccines into those cattle… castrate those bull calves as soon as possible… and deworm those calves before they get sent off,” says Jared Ranly. “Let’s think about the good of the industry and how much we can help the calves and people in the next phase.”
Ranly is a Texas veterinarian, backgrounder and cow-calf producer who is passionate about helping others raise healthy calves and have successful operations.....
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