Having a herd health plan and working to maintain a veterinary-client-patient-relationship is important to maintaining the overall health of your herd. On this episode, Emily Lochner with Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association is joined by Missy Bonds from the Bonds Ranch. Missy talks about the signs cattle display when they are sick and how they approach treatment of their cattle.

Emily Lochner with Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association is joined by Cord Weinheimer from the American Hereford Association and Weinheimer Ranches to talk about genetic selection. Cord dives into genetic selection, understanding the genetics of a herd, and how to evaluate what types of genetics will best fit your environment. He discusses the phenotypic and genotypic things to think about for bull and female selection.

Emily Lochner with Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association is joined by Foster Burchett of La Babia Cattle Company. Foster connects to discuss what records producers need to be maintaining and the importance of herd data management. From breeding, weaning, feeding, hay production, grass levels, health records, income, expenses and more – Foster discusses what records La Babia keeps and the importance to a bottom line break even.