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5 Principles of Grazing for Profit By Billy Whitehurst, Makale Livestock,

The Midwest Cattleman · March 31, 2022 · P11
Whitehall, Montana

Many cattle producers
falsely believe they are in
the cattle business. The real-
ity is most are in the forage
production business – some
say the soil health business,
or even the soil microbe busi-
ness, but we aren’t here to
split hairs.
The reality is our graz-
able forage crops are what
we produce, we use cattle
to harvest the crop and sell
the cattle. We increase prof-
it by economically growing
more grazable forage and
selling more pounds of cat-
tle (weaned calves, yearlings,
feeder cows, etc.) for every
acre of land. If we focus on
selling more pounds per cow,
such as selling larger feeder
calves, we will be on a path
to a slow but steady financial
death, whereas if we manage
our pastures in a way that
sustainably increases carry-
ing capacity and allows us
to carry more animals – not
bigger animals – we can in-
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Selling:
80 Performance Tested
Registered Angus Bulls
(30 fall yearlings and older)
73 Females (41 commercial 2-
year-old spring pairs & 32
registered females-spring pairs,
fall bred & spring open heifers)
Cattle will be at the sale site
by noon on sale day.
Because of varied locations,
only some animals will have
videos available. Check
www.sydgen.com for
updates
Call (573) 581-1225 to
request a catalog
Sale Broadcast Online
www.DVAuction.com

Mexico, MO 65265
ben@sydgen.com
Ben Eggers (573) 473-9202
Bub Raithel (573) 253-1664
Blake McDonald (573) 205-7914