| Economics |
| | • Record operating income and expenses.
• Prepare inventory and record all cattle deaths, purchases, sales and movements among pastures.
• Monitor monthly and year-to-date cash flow and compare actual income and expenses to the budget.
• Review marketing plan for winter stocker enterprise.
• Evaluate cost of alternative nitrogen sources for summer forage production. |
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| Forage |
| | • Start hay harvests for quality forage. Analyze hay samples for crude protein (CP) and total digestible nutrients (TDN) from each cutting.
• Seed warm-season annuals for supplemental forage, as needed.
• Finish seeding warm-season perennial grasses.
• Clip seed heads to prevent seed head formation on fescue and to control weeds, as needed.
• Consider herbicide options for weed and brush control.
• Monitor and record pasture rotations for proper graze and rest periods. |
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| Horticulture |
| | • Monitor nutlets for casebearer eggs. Apply spray when most of the eggs are showing pink and beginning to hatch. |
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| Livestock-Cattle |
| | • Provide free-choice mineral supplement; monitor consumption. Include chlortetracycline, if needed, for control of anaplasmosis. CTC should be consumed at the rate of 500 to 700 mg/cow/day.
• Initiate fly control program. Consider using a combination mineral feeder/fly wipe tool as outlined in NF publication #NF-FO-02-03.
Summer Stockers
• Monitor health of stockers; treat according to your written herd health protocol.
Winter Stockers
• Ship stockers. Ensure that shrink is minimized and all withdrawal periods are cleared.
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| Soils |
| | • Collect soil samples.
• Complete fertilization of warm-season perennial pastures.
• Spray herbicides, if needed, on summer pastures.
• Apply lime, if recommended by soil test. |
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| Wildlife |
| | • Evaluate fish populations in ponds with hook-and-line surveys.
• Plant summer food plots, if appropriate.
• Monitor bird nest boxes.
• Stock fish, if needed.
• Advertise hunting leases that are available.
• If aquatic vegetation is being managed with herbicide, apply chemical treatments. |
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