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Why we are using $Ranch
We think the key to ranching is more pounds per acre, not pounds per head and hidden costs like infertility caused depreciation are why so many ranchers slowly lose their [ more ]
$Profit Introduction
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Are you curious about our virtual fence project?
Our cows even made the front page of the Wall Street Journal! Click the link below to see more!
https://www.wsj.com/articles/virtual-fences-for-cattle-vence-red-angus-24670cb
As we stay on the front side of new technology and [ more ]
Do Your Cows Fit Your Ranch?
This is one question we are constantly asking, and when we pay attention our cows will give us the answer. Certainly, they tell us with a pregnancy diagnosis each fall, [ more ]
Tagged bulls, calving interval, cattle, commercial heifers, commercial red angus heifers, efficient cattle, Mushrush, pregnancy in cattle, profitability, red angus, seedstock, value
Docility: A necessity trait at Mushrush Ranches
As a multi-generational family cow/calf operation, we’ve had a similar life cycle to many of our customers. Across the decades of our Red Angus seedstock business we’ve gotten older, had [ more ]
Tagged bulls, disposition, docility, Mushrush, red angus, red cattle, sale, Strong City
Feed Efficiency…Sell more Pounds and Buy less Feed!
For years we have been measuring gain without any knowledge of what those gains cost on an individual animal basis. Cattle feeders have told us for years that feed conversion [ more ]
Tagged bulls, cattle, commercial red angus heifers, efficiency, efficient cattle, feed, feed conversion, gain, Mushrush, red angus, seedstock
Calving Interval & Relative Calving Date…the Ranch Profit indicators everyone has, but very few actually use…
Even as we select for faster post-weaning gains, Prime carcass quality, heavier carcass weights and more efficient feed conversion, most of us know our bottom line will be no better [ more ]
Tagged bulls, calving, calving interval, cattle, cow/calf, data measuring tools, Mushrush, red angus, seedstock
Same Name – Different Index
This fall the Red Angus Association of America replaced, HerdBuilder and GridMaster with three new indices. Two of the new indices kept the names HerdBuilder and GridMaster, but they will [ more ]
Tagged bulls, calves, cows, genetics, GridMaster, herd, HerdBuidler, marketability, Mushrush, profit, profitability, ProS, RAAA, red angus, selection
Artificial Insemination (AI)…. Is it something I should or could do?
Breeding season is in full swing all over the U.S., including here at Mushrush Ranches. We just finished artificially inseminating about 500 head of commercial heifers and the [ more ]
Tagged AI protocols, Artifical insemenation, breeding, commercial heifers, Mushrush, red angus, semen