more calves into other segments of the beef industry (17.5%). While health management costs are simple to reduce in the … Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS) Beef ,97 Study examined the effects of the down market on beef cow-calf herd … management practices. Most producers did not alter management practices in response to the down market. Among producers who made …

The USDA's National Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS) collected data on management practices and cow-calf herds …. Overall, 2,713 producers with one or more beef cows participated in the NAHMS Beef '97 Study, representing 85.7 percent of the … beef cows and 77.6 percent of the beef cow operations in the United States as of January 1997. Producers whose cow …

The National Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS) Beef '97 Study collected data on the marketing practices of 2 …,713 beef cow-calf producers representing 85.7% of all beef cows as of January 1, 1997, in 23 leading cow-calf states. Of the … 1996, 13.4% of operations with 300 or more beef cows utilized this method of marketing. Larger operations were more likely …

of 8000 head or more. Beef animals were the main type of cattle placed in feedlots regardless of operation size …