BEEF magazine teams with 12 universities on National Stocker Survey
A majority of fed cattle spend some portion of their lives putting on pounds beyond the ranch of origin and before the feedlot. Yet, there’s never been a national effort to benchmark and characterize the management practices and challenges of stocker operators and backgrounding operations. That’s why 12 Land Grant Universities are collaborating with Penton Media’s BEEF magazine to conduct the nation’s first National Beef Stocker Survey.
“The stocker and backgrounding segments have always been critical to the overall success of the beef industry. And the structural changes brought about by higher grain prices and input costs make these segments even more critical. Thus, the information provided by this survey is essential to characterize management practices and identify opportunity on a national basis,” says BEEF magazine’s Wes Ishmael.
National Stocker Survey Results
The participating institutions include: Auburn University, Iowa State University, Kansas State University, Mississippi State University, North Carolina State University, Oklahoma State University, South Dakota State University, Texas A&M University, University of Florida, University of Missouri, University of Nevada, and Western Kentucky University.
Mississippi State University stocker survey contact: Dr. Justin Rhinehart, (662) 325-7465
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