What is the value of TGM to the consultant and a

producer?

Management Information Systems

Terry J. DeGroffBurwell, Nebraska

Components of Ranch Information System

Financial Records Production Records

– Cattle Inventories– Raised Feed Fed– Grazing

Management Objectives:

To provide the nutritional requirements of the cattle on a year around basis

To minimize purchased feedstuffs

To minimize use of harvested forage

Demand on System

1500 Cows– Calve April-May– Wean September-October

1400 Raised weaned calves 600 Purchased weaned calves Background calves through the

winter Market as yearlings July-August

Range Resource

23,750 acres grazing land 83 Individual pastures Variable Carrying capacities

– .4-1.7 demand months per acre

Harvested Hay Resource

Sub Irrigated Meadows

1650 Acres

Partially grazed

Environmental Challenges

Drought

Grasshoppers

Fire

Snow cover

Management Challenges

Later breeding season Replacement Heifers Summer time branding Marketing windows Water

What’s the value of TGM?

PlanningRe-planning

What’s the value of TGM?

Planning Re-Planning Communication tool

What’s the value of TGM?

Planning Re-Planning Communication tool Historical Records

Grazing Records Year

Group Head Pasture Date Date Use Supplemental FeedDescription Count ID In AM/PM Out AM/PM Rating (lbs per hd. per day)

What’s the value of TGM?

Evaluate management techniques

Manage inventories– Grazing– Hay

Cost Accounting

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