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You Can’t Manage What You Don’t Measure: Range Record Keeping

Range record keeping helps detect and demonstrate landscape changes that have a direct impact on your ability to maintain or grow your herd.

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Detecting Pregnancy and Litter Size in Ewes Using Ultrasound

Guide providing insights on optimal timing for pregnancy scanning, what to look for at different gestational stages, and practical ultrasound techniques for the best results.

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Beef Cattle Budgets

What does it cost to maintain a cow for the year? This is a common question asked by producers across the nation.

A group of red angus cattle.

Calving Distribution Calculator

Excel calculator for calving distribution

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Compensation Calculator

This calculator provides a method for farm families to determine what the full value of the wages/salary and benefits being provided to employees, family and non-family are.

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Animal Science Research and Extension Report

Research report from Animal Science Department covering a variety of areas in livestock production.

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Ag Business

Modern agriculture requires savvy financial planning and strategy.

Field of rye grain.

South Dakota Ag Land Tools

SDSU Extension provides a variety of tools to help South Dakota producers make informed decisions for their operations.

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Move the Cows or Move the Feed

This calculator is designed to aid producers making the decision to buy feedstuffs and haul the feed to the operation, or to haul the cattle to the feedstuffs.

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Grain Storage Calculator

An Excel based spreadsheet for corn, soybean, spring and winter wheat producers.