It’s never too early to start thinking about marketing calves. For spring calving herds, the decision is fast approaching as weaning looms, while fall calving herds have a little more time to plan.
A consideration you may want to make before weaning and selling calves is whether to enroll your cattle in a value-added marketing program.
What is a value-added program?
Value-added programs document and recognize cattle managed with strategies that aim to provide premiums at sale time. The goal of value-added programs is to help you capture additional profits from the investment…