Your beef herd is your cash

Summer is the best time for beef producers to take stock of their operation. Checking cattle, conditions, pasture, and feed mid-season can make all the difference for producers when it comes to marketing, cash flow, and tax decisions before sale time. Summer is the best time for beef producers to take stock of their operation. Checking cattle, conditions, pasture, and feed mid-season can make all the difference for producers when it comes to marketing, cash flow, and tax decisions before sale time.

Why summer is the best time to check your numbers

Once cattle are turned out on grass, it’s easy to slip into thinking they’re settled in and don’t need the same level of day‑to‑day attention until fall.

But summer isn’t a quiet period from a business point of view. For Canada’s beef producers, it’s one of the most important checkpoints of the year.

Summer is your mid-year report card. By July or August, you have most of the information you need to understand how the year is shaping up, but you must take the time to look. Checking cattle, pasture, and forage conditions now gives you the clarity to make better decisions before sale time, instead of reacting afterwards when options are limited.

Your cattle are still working capital

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