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Do you know the new rules for profit in today's land and livestock game?

Ranching is presented as an incredibly complex "whole" made up of a lot of separate businesses that you must be good at to make a profit...the land, the livestock and the lifestyle.

Using successful grass farmers as examples, Allan explains how leasing land can add up to profits with lower risk than ownership, and can be a means for young people to get into grassland agriculture today.

He emphasizes, "First start a business. Then you can choose to invest your after-tax surplus in deeded farm and ranch real estate."

"The key point is to remember that lifestyle is a result of having gotten the (land and livestock) elements right."

For more insight and analysis into land-based financial issues such as protecting yourself from falling real estate prices without selling your ranch, order Land, Livestock and Life, A grazier's guide to finance.

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DROUGHT! MANAGING FOR IT, SURVIVING & PROFITING FROM IT

by Dr. Anibal Pordomingo  74 PAGES

Drought.  The word alone is dreaded by producers who at one time or another have found themselves facing Nature's whims.  Many think the only solution is to sell out or go broke.

Dr. Anibal Pordomingo, Senior Researcher at the National Institute of Agriculture Research of Argentina and a frequent contributor to The Stockman Grass Farmer, offers hope in his new book Drought! Managing For It, Surviving  & Profiting From It.  

In addition to his research on animal nutrition, Dr. Pordimingo has a personal family farm with 500 beef cows in La Pampa, Argentina.  In this book he tells how he survived a seven year drought, and shares methods to help your farm or ranch successfully and profitably overcome the effects of drought.

He covers strategies on how to select grasses with deep roots capable of surviving droughty conditions.  Alfalfa is the preferred grass, yet fear of bloat causes many producers to shy away from this queen of forages.  Dr. Pordomingo presents grazing tips for introducing animals to alfalfa with little or no bloat, and explains what to do if bloat does occur.

Dr. Pordomingo explains how pasture and cropping rotations can provide long term viability.  Soybeans and grazing corn alternatives can keep animals gaining during periods of low or no rainfall.  And selling excess hay when others are in dire need adds pure gold to your profitability during these distressing times.

While forage quantity declines in a drought, forage quality can actually improve.

Dry spells occur nearly every year.  Drought is normal.  Only the severity of it changes.  As the book explains, you can manage ahead of time to limit the severity of drought.  Strategic decisions aid in survival.  And you can profit from it while others sell out.

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The Use of Stored Forages with Stocker and Grass-Finished Cattle

by Dr. Anibal Pordomingo 58 pages

WHEN AND HOW SHOULD YOU FEED STORED FORAGES?

There are times when supplementing pastures - not replacing them - with hay, silage or haylage justifies the beneficial use of stored forages.  This is different from cow-calf production.  Finishing cattle to the High Select/Low Choice grade on forages alone is not natural and requires unnaturally good forages and management.

The Use of Stored Forages with Stocker and Grass-Finished Cattle explains factors to help you determine when and how to feed stored forages.

  • How stored forages can bridge seasonal flat spots;
  • Details for various methods for stacking and feeding hay bales;
  • How to double an animal's voluntary intake of feed;
  • When to supplement during Summer, Fall, Winter and Spring;
  • How to feed during extended periods of mud or precipitation.

Anibal Pordomingo is the senior reseacher at the National Institute of Agriculture Research of Argentina (INTA). His reseach covers animal nutrition, production systems, feeds and feeding, and beef quality on grazing.  He is a frequent contributor to The Stockman Grass Farmer magazine.  With his family he runs two farms of 1200 acres total with 260 cows in a cow-calf and stocker finishing program.  240 steers and heifers are grown and pasture finished each year in a 27 inch annual rainfall area using an improved perennial and annual pasture forage base.