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Cost advice for beef operators

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Published: September 21, 2023

Cost advice for beef operators

Any new business can benefit from the guidance of those more experienced, and starting a beef operation is no different.

In order to share the wisdom of seasoned producers with the next generation, Canfax Research Services asked 180 participants of the Canadian Cow-Calf Cost of Production Network for their advice on starting a cow-calf operation.

The resulting recommendations, which fall into broad categories of financial management, record keeping, production and marketing, networking, and passion, have been compiled into a new fact sheet available online at canfax.ca.

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