Method of herd management
First Claim
1. A method of managing a cow herd for optimal production comprising:
- identifying a calf in a cow herd;
matching said calf to a cow in said cow herd;
collecting an initial set of data on the calf;
assigning said calf a quality grade, wherein said quality grade reflects a correlation of said calf'"'"'s initial set of data with a model data;
selecting the said calf as a feeder calf or a cull based on said quality grade;
linking said quality grade to said cow and a bull; and
determining whether to cull said cow or said bull based upon said quality grade.
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Abstract
A method and system to generate the highest level of return on investment of a cattle ranch producing beef to the consumer. Through the use of computer software integrated with an individual cow and calf identification system, the method and system disclosed herein allows a cattle producer to analyze the yearly production characteristics of each individual cow'"'"'s calf or calves through all the various phases of growth and production with an accumulation of the economic cost and gain of value up to the end product as a feeder or cull.
The total value of the carcass at the end of production, expressed as a sum of the costs associated with producing each animal minus the market value of the animal, allows the animal'"'"'s economic value to be expressed by one figure which can then be used to judge the cow'"'"'s ability to produce animals that meet all predetermined economically important genetic traits. This system and method of cow herd management provides a continuing improvement in the efficiency of the ranching operation and a better product for the consumers.
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1. A method of managing a cow herd for optimal production comprising:
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identifying a calf in a cow herd; matching said calf to a cow in said cow herd; collecting an initial set of data on the calf; assigning said calf a quality grade, wherein said quality grade reflects a correlation of said calf'"'"'s initial set of data with a model data; selecting the said calf as a feeder calf or a cull based on said quality grade; linking said quality grade to said cow and a bull; and determining whether to cull said cow or said bull based upon said quality grade. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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