{"id":60372,"date":"2021-08-04T08:00:11","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T13:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=60372"},"modified":"2021-07-28T15:14:21","modified_gmt":"2021-07-28T20:14:21","slug":"the-passion-of-raising-beef-cattle-in-agriculture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=60372","title":{"rendered":"The passion of raising beef cattle in agriculture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By Cody Bradley<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Special to Tiger Media Network<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What is your passion? Everyone has one whether\nit is saving lives, building things, or being a cowboy. A passion to do\nsomething means that you are not in it for the money or the benefits, it is\nbecause of the joy and the excitement that it brings to someone\u2019s life every\nday. The passion that I want to talk about is raising beef cattle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some ranchers are born into raising beef cattle, and some are not. For example, Jake Pannbacker of Pannbacker farms didn\u2019t intend to make a career out of ranching, but later found out that beef cattle ranching is in his blood. Jake grows his cattle on grassland which almost all ranchers do for most of their cattle\u2019s lifespan. There is a lot of history for ranches that have multi-generation families running them. With all of this in mind, it is really fun to work on a ranch as it is tough work, but really exciting at times. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The daily chores in a beef operation are usually\nsimple ones like feeding and checking the water, but also there are other busy\ntimes depending on the time of the year. For example, calving season occurs most\noften in the spring which adds greatly to the workload. The awesome part of\nranching is that you work with your family to achieve goals for raising beef\ncattle so that you can produce beef for the world to eat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>People often see westerns and watching the\ncowboys go to work and if they are seeing what I am seeing, then they are\nseeing all the responsibilities and all the fun that is in a beef operation. I\nhave always wanted to have my own ranch so I can look out the window every day\nand see all of the beautiful qualities of a ranch: the sunrise, the animals,\nhearing the wind go through the trees, seeing the sunset at the end of the day\nand lastly, giving the opportunity to bring new life in the world for those\nanimals so I may produce food for families across the globe. This is my passion\nthat one day I will hopefully achieve in the future. One will find that most ranchers\nsee the same thing, and this is what keeps them going every day on the ranch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the USDA economic research\nwebsite, about 35% of the 2.2 million farms in the United States have 10 cows\nor less. Most farms are small, and this is the size that I would like to have\nso that I may have a career in agriculture and then raise beef cattle on the\nside. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One thing to consider about ranching is how much money that person is making. As ranchers sell their beef cattle to packing plants, they will look at how best to sell the cattle so that they can possibly make more money through premiums or by avoiding discounts. There is a business cycle for everything and for beef cattle, there are certain seasons that will affect the business cycle tremendously. One aspect is how long and how much their daily gain affects them. As the cattle are ready for market, the rancher should take them there as soon as possible because afterward, further feeding will often be a waste of money. The rancher should always look into his or her profitability so that they can further make money and expand the ranch.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lastly, I would like to talk about keeping the\nranch in the family. There are a lot of multi-generation ranches being sold\nbecause the next generation does not want to continue ranching. With this being\nsaid, I encourage everyone to look more into the family business and keep the\nhistory going. People may find that it just gets more interesting, and their\npassion was raising beef cattle all along. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Cody Bradley, a 2018 Liberal High School graduate, is a senior majoring in animal science at Fort Hays State University. He is the son of Todd and Karla Bradley, Kismet.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Cody Bradley Special to Tiger Media Network What is your passion? 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