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  Document AGEC-231 Cow-Calf Financial and Production Performance: What We Are Learning from Standardized Performance Analysis (SPA) Data
By Kim Anderson. Standardized Performance Analysis (SPA) documents large differences in herd financial and production performance. Measuring and monitoring key statistics helps producers identify opportunities for improvement. 		hiner 10/22/08 115 KB
  Document AGEC-232 Interpreting Cow-Calf Standardized Performance Analysis (SPA) Results
By Damona Doye. This fact sheet discusses cow-calf Standardized Performance Analysis (SPA), production and financial performance statistics calculated, and how SPA helps producers identify major cost items in their operation. 		hiner 10/22/08 116 KB
  Document AGEC-245 Cow-Calf Production Practices in Oklahoma - Part 1
By Clem Ward. This fact sheet briefly summarizes demographics of people completing a survey of producers who received a copy of the Oklahoma Beef Cattle Manual, as well as their responses regarding practices under three categories. Those categories are: business planning and management, nutrition and management, and forages and introduced pastures. 		hiner 10/22/08 103 KB
  Document AGEC-246 Cow-Calf Production Practices in Oklahoma - Part 2
By Clem Ward. This fact sheet briefly summarizes responses to a survey which was provided to producers who received a copy of the Oklahoma Beef Cattle Manual. This fact sheet is the second in a two-part series and deals with questions related to quality assurance and animal health, marketing and risk management, and reproduction and genetics. 		hiner 10/22/08 135 KB
  Document AGEC-247 Costs and Benefits Associated with Preconditioning Calves
By Clem Ward. This fact sheet specifically addresses the cost versus benefit of preconditioning as part of an integrated beef production system. 		hiner 10/22/08 147 KB
  Document AGEC-249 Stocker Cattle Production and Management Practices in Oklahoma
By Damona Doye. This fact sheet summarizes stocker production and management practices for Oklahoma cattle producers. 		hiner 10/22/08 157 KB
  Document AGEC-255 The Economics of Gene Testing Cattle
By Eric DeVuyst. This fact sheet discusses the economics of having cattle tested genetically. 		hiner 12/02/08 129 KB
  Document AGEC-256 Value of Animal Waste Calculator
By Eric DeVuyst, Hailin Zhang, & Josh Payne. This fact sheet discusses a spreadsheet that was developed to help producers estimate the value on animal waste in comparison to commercial fertilizers. 		agcomm 03/12/09 90 KB
  Document AGEC-323 Valuation of Raised Breeding Livestock
By Damona Doye. This fact sheet explains the valuation methods for raised breeding livestock and is a supplement to fact sheets in the financial statement series. 		hiner 10/22/08 91 KB
  Document AGEC-550 Fed Cattle Price Discovery Issues and Projections
This fact sheet discusses price discover issues and projections. 		hiner 05/10/07 105 KB
  Document AGEC-551 Understanding Livestock Pricing Issues
This fact sheet explains the differences between price discover and price determination, identifies how they are interrelated, and provides an indication when price discover concerns may increase. 		hiner 05/10/07 78 KB
  Document AGEC-552 Beef, Pork, and Poultry Industry Coordination
This fact sheet compares past and current vertical coordination among the three major meat industries (beef, pork, and poultry). 		hiner 05/10/07 163 KB
  Document AGEC-553 Structural Changes in Cattle Feeding and Meat Packing
This fact sheet reviews changes in the structure of cattle feeding and beefpacking that have occurred in the past couple decades, and discusses implications for marketing and pricing feeder and fed cattle. 		hiner 05/10/07 119 KB
  Document AGEC-556 Fed Cattle Pricing: Live and Dressed Weight
The objectives of this fact sheet are to discuss: (1) the general pricing process packers follow in determining bid prices for fed cattle; and (2) the steps followed in both live weight and dressed weight pricing. 		hiner 05/10/07 99 KB
  Document AGEC-557 Fed Cattle Pricing: Grid Pricing Basics
This fact sheet introduces the concept of grid pricing and discusses several management and marketing implications if fed cattle are sold on a grid as compared to being sold on a live or dressed weight basis. 		hiner 05/10/07 88 KB
  Document AGEC-558 Fed Cattle Pricing: Basis Contracts
This fact sheet describes the forward contracting process and itentifies advantages, disadvantages, and issues related to basis contracting. 		hiner 05/10/07 116 KB
  Document AGEC-560 Grid Pricing of Fed Cattle: Base Prices and Premiums-Discounts
The purpose of this fact sheet is to specifically distinguish formula pricing from grid pricing, discuss price discovery implications from using alternative base prices with premium-discount grids, and show how premiums and discounts have varied over time. 		hiner 10/23/07 227 KB
  Document AGEC-561 Grid Pricing of Fed Cattle: Risk and Information
This fact sheet focuses on the increased sources of risk with grid pricing. 		hiner 05/10/07 109 KB
  Document AGEC-563 Beef Industry Alliances and Vertical Arrangements
This fact sheet discusses some of the motivations and characteristics for the controversial strategic alliances and various types of vertical arrangements in the beef industry, and explains their growth and development. 		hiner 05/10/07 102 KB
  Document AGEC-574 Formula Pricing Fed Cattle with Wholesale and Futures Markets
This fact sheet will identify two alternatives to common reference markets for formula pricing fed cattle and discuss an initial effort to show how the base price might be tied via formula to wholesale or futures market prices. 		hiner 05/10/07 121 KB