Final presentation of the purebred unit of Lakeland College's Student-Managed Farm (SMF) powered by New Holland. The student-managed course in animal science technology sees 2nd year students work in one of the livestock unit. Each team reports on marketing, production and other parts of their unit's business. Mid-term and final presentations are done in Alumni Hall on the Vermilion campus.

2. The Team
• 15 Members
• 5 Provinces
• Abundant knowledge

3. Team Goals
• Increase bull sale average
• Increase marketing area
• Increase longevity of females

4. SWOT
Strengths Weaknesses
• Background in industry
• Teamwork
• Quality of genetics
• Limited time with herd
• Limited income sources
• Even distribution of work

5. SWOT
Opportunities Threats
• Expansion of red genetics
• Getting out of our comfort
zones
• Expand genetics with AI
and embryo donations
• Land base
• Competition within the
beef industry
• Feed sources and
availability

6. O
G
L
D
Growth
Open Rate
Length of Calving
Death Loss

7. Growth
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
October November February March
Weight(lbs.)
Heifers
Bulls

8. Open Rate
• Open rate 5%
• 25 mature cows
• 14 replacement heifers
• 2 open females

9. Length of Calving
• Industry average 96% bred in 3 estrus cycles
• Bulls with cows for approx. 63 days
• Start date: January 1st, 2018
• End date: March 17th, 2018

10. Death Loss
• Industry average 2%
• 30 calves in 2017
• 2018 calf crop = 39
• Yearling bull died of Pneumonia

11. Nutrition
Feedstuff
• Barley silage
• Barley grain
• Oat straw
• Corn silage
• Supplement

12. Cost per Head
Animal Cost/hd
Cows $197.54
First calf heifers $182.47
Herd bulls $254.10
Bull calves $348.46
Heifer calves $162.97
Bedding/Mineral/Salt $ 66.79

13. Beef Day 2018
Sale Average - $4,325
Black Angus- $6,750Red Angus- $5,250
High Sellers
OAV 24E OAV 66E

14. Industry KPI’s
Bull sale average
• $4,746
Black Angus average
• $4,650
Red Angus average
• $4,842
Beef Day sale commission
• $625 per lot

15. Cost of Profit
Total Net Income
Gross Profit $60,550.00
Total Expenses $ 9,930.89
Net Income $50,619.11

16. Income
3%
11%
73%
5%
3%
5%
Commission
Cull Sales
Bull Calf Sales
Livestock Products
Miscellaneous
Inventory Adjustment

17. Expenses
49%
5%
3%
7%
14%
12%
3%
4%
3%
Feed
Vet / Medical
Registration / Memberships
Breeding
Livestock Purchases
Beef Day
Corral Cleaning
Show
Miscellaneous

18. Budgeted Income
$0.00
$10,000.00
$20,000.00
$30,000.00
$40,000.00
$50,000.00
$60,000.00
$70,000.00
Budget
Year-To Date

19. Budgeted Expenses
$0.00
$5,000.00
$10,000.00
$15,000.00
$20,000.00
$25,000.00
$30,000.00
$35,000.00
$40,000.00
$45,000.00
Budget
Year-To Date

20. Herd Inventory
Current Inventory as of March 31st
# of Head Price / Head Total Value
Herd Bulls 2 $9,000 $ 18,000
Open Heifers 9 $3,000 $ 27,000
Cow/Calf Pairs 37 $4,000 $148,000
Semen 81 $ 35 $ 2,835
Embryos 19 $1,000 $ 19,000

21. Embryo Program
• Flushing top producing females
• Embryo donations
• Implanting 17 recipient females
Cow ID Number of Progeny Value
OAV Laura 25T 13 + 6 Embryos $69,681
OAV Classy 4Z 5 $33,750

22. Artificial Insemination
9 Replacement females
• 7 Black Angus
• 2 Red Angus

23. Natural Breeding
PM Top Gun 82’16
• 9 replacement heifers
• 9 pairs
Merit Source 5079
• 29 pairs

24. Health
Cows and Bred Heifers vaccinated
• Scourguard
• Ultrabac 7/somubac
Herd Sires vaccinated
• Fusogard
• Bovi shield
• Ultrabac 7/somubac

25. Health
Administered Cylence
• Yearling bulls and heifers
Sale Bulls and Herd Bulls semen tested
• Treated two bulls for white blood cells
in semen
Two C-sections
• 14D and 104D, recommended culls

26. Show Season
• Farmfair International
• Canadian Western Agribition
• Camrose Bull Congress
• Czar Highway 13 Pen show
• Little Royal

27. Why Show?
• Display herd genetics
• Increase marketing area
• Develop industry contacts
• New experiences for members

28. Cost to Show
Total Yearly Costs
Transportation $2,589.50
Hotel Rooms $2,347.63
Food $ 525.00
Entry Fees $2,196.24
Miscellaneous $ 835.15
Total Costs $8,493.52

29. Marketing
• Posters created to promote Beef Day
• Magazine ad
• Sale cattle pictured and videoed

30. Social Media
Lowest performing postHighest performing post
OAV 66E OAV 78E
Average
views
768

31. Grazing Plans
• Herd AU’s
• Paddock AUM’s
• Rotation plan
• Mineral and creep placement

32. Cost of Production
Per Cow Value
Production Costs $630
Return of $/Calf $2,500
Net Return $1,870

33. Recommendation
• Potential to market female genetics
• Continue to develop the Red Angus program
• Continue attending Highway 13 Pen show
• Tie break sale bulls
• Keep Purebred and Beef Day logos the same
ifor consistency

34. Thanks You’s
Leila Hickman
Lazy MC Angus
Optimal Bovines INC.
Poplar Meadows
Pedersen Livestock
Dr. Crystal Mullen
Josie Van Lent
Peter Wilkinson
Dr. Kent Weir
Jamie Anderson
Darrell Hickman
Marisa Schuebel
Dean Smith
Jarret Hargrave
Brayden Sentes
Other SMF Units
Streamline
Tyleen Embroidery
Jessica Hryciuk
Tracey Quinton
April Warrilow
Sharon Rieter
Austin Partington
Denise Martin
Bevin Hamilton
Blair Dow
Jim Pulyk
Marketing Department
Paige Holmquist
Angela Rouillard
Shari Leachman
Brian Good
Show Committees
Bryon Wolters
DLMS
Vermilion Packers
UFA
Co-op
Don Koberstein
Kelly Konieczny
Ben Abrams
North Central Livestock
Rocky Red Angus
Battle View Livestock Corp
Travis Ailsby
Nault Ranches
Janet Kerr
Geoff Brown

36. Commercial Beef Unit
April 10, 2018

38. SWOT Analysis
Strengths • Industry experience on the team
• Herdtrax and VBP+
• Communication within the team
Weaknesses • Team size
• Communication with other units/farm staff
• Open cows
Opportunities • New genetics with heifers/bulls
• Social media
• Attending Agribition/Beef Day
Threats • Pasture (long term)
• Decreased income due to open rate
• NAFTA

39. Vision for the Herd
• 100 breeding females in the herd
• Simmental Angus cross
• Raise quality animals
• Increase reproductive efficiency

40. Previous Recommendations
• Locate long term pasture rent
• Continue involvement with Beef Day
• Continue with the blazed face program
• Improve communication
• VBP+ certification

41. Progress Report
• Continued herd health checks
• Kept monthly weigh-ins consistent
• Sold heifers at Beef Day
• Successful promotion of the unit
• Successful calving season

42. Achievements
• Blaze face heifers
• Mineral program
• Successful calving
• Low health incidents
• Marketing on social media

43. Long Term Goals
• Keep quality replacement heifers
• Acquire long term pasture
• Relationships with producers in the industry
• Decrease length of calving season
• Increase reproductive efficiency in the herd

44. Short Term Goals
• Communication with other units/farm staff
• Weigh heifers to monitor performance
• Set up yearly mineral plan
• #oneteam

45. GOLD
Industry
Standard
SMF
2016/17
SMF
2017/18
G - Growth
Rate
43% dams wt. 44.5% dams
wt.
45.7% dams
wt.
O - Open
Cows
4% 11.8% 17.9%
L - Length of
Calving
Season
63 days 99 days 90 days
D - Death
Loss
4% 4% 1% to date

46. Key Performance Indicators
Growth Rate Increased over previous year
Maintain Simmental cross to
increase weaning weight
Open Cows Lack of mineral program
Bull power and age
Age of cows
Calving difficulties
Length of Calving Season Pulled bulls at 65 days in 2017
breeding season
Death Loss Met industry standard

47. Herd Inventory
Cows/ Calf Pairs
Replacement Heifers
Bulls
Steer Calves
Heifer Calves
First Calf Heifers

50. Marketing
• Calf Insurance for September 1st
• Insuring a breakeven of $1.80/lb.

51. Sales and Purchases
• Sold 3 open cows for $1,105/head
• Purchased 13 Bred Heifers for $2,200/head
• Purchased a Black Angus bull for $6,000
• Purchased a Dairy nurse cow for $1,000

52. Select Heifers Sold
Agribition and Beef Day
Lakeland College Agribition
Replacement Heifers (5)
$1,800/head
Beef Day Average (15) $1,566/head

53. Heifer Grading
A B C F

54. 2017 Fall Weights
Average
weaning weight
Cow calf
Average
Weaning weight
Heifer calf
Combined
average
weaning
weight
Heifer
Calves
664 lbs 563 lbs 614 lbs
Steer
Calves
691 lbs 613 lbs 652 lbs
Average weight at
weaning
Average BCS at
weaning
Cows 1413 lbs 3
First Calf
Heifers
1135 lbs 2.7

55. 2018 Birth Weights
Number of
Calves
Average Birth
Weight
Other Information
Total Calves 82 87 lbs.
Commercial Calves 73 88 lbs.
Embryo Calves 8 81 lbs. 2 Heifers
6 Bulls
Heifer Calves 37 82 lbs. 13 from Heifers
24 from Cows
Steer Calves 37 93 lbs. 9 from Heifers
28 from Cows

56. Calving Comparisons
80
85
90
95
100
Calving 2017 Calving 2018
AverageBirthWeight

57. Calving Cycles
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
First Cycle Second Cycle Third Cycle Fourth Cycle

58. Reproduction
• Mineral program
• Lack of bull power – yearlings
• 3 purchased cows
• 4 two-year-old cows
• 3 older cows
• Pulled bulls at 65 days

59. Fixing the Problem
• Purchased two-year-old bull
• More bull power
• Mineral plan
• Length of breeding season
• New genetics – bred heifers and bulls

60. Bull Purchase
• Black Angus Bull
• Lewis Farms

61. Nutrition
• Replacement Heifers
– $1.40/head/day
• Diet Consisted of:
– Barley Silage
– Barley Grain
– Beef Supplement

62. Nutrition
• Bred Heifers
– $1.60/head/day
• Diet Consisted of:
– Barley Silage
– Oat Straw
– Beef Supplement

63. Nutrition
• Lactating Cows
– $1.70/head/day
• Diet Consisted of:
– Barley Silage
– Barley Grain
– Oat Straw
– Beef Supplement

64. Nutrition
• Mineral
– 1:1 Premix
– 1:1 Calving to Breeding
– 1:1 60 Days Prior to Calving

65. Herd Health
Pink Eye $9.56
Ringworm $28.00
Pneumonia $506.89
Scours $220.30
Pneumonia $120.60
Navel
infection
$10.20
C- section $743.26
Compaction $131.98
Cylence $210
Total: $1,980.79

66. Herd Health Vaccinations
Bovi Shield
Gold/ One
Shot
$228.80
Ultrabac 7 $40.80
Bimectin $98.36
Inforce 3 $15.99
Scourbos $150.20
Scour
Guard 4kc
$655.20
Ultrabac 7 $280.31
Bovishield
Gold FP5
$16.20
Fusoguard $33.19
Total: $1,519.05

67. Range and Forage
2017 Pasture: Claysmore = $9,920.00
Elk Island = $5,271.60
Total = $15,191.60
2018 Pasture: 45-50 pairs
$1.00/head/day

68. Ducks Unlimited
• Confirmed pasture for 45-50 pairs
• July 1st to October 15th
– Protects eggs/wildlife
• Looking for more pasture for 60 cows

69. Range and Forage
Recommendations
• Find long term pasture
• Close proximity to the college
• Create grazing plans

70. Income
Total Income = $142,316.00
Steer Sales
Cull Cow Sales
Heifer Sales
Bull Sales
Embryo Calves
Custom Calving
Miscellaneous

71. Expenses
Total Expenses = $130,016.00
Feed
Pasture Rent
Vet/Medical
Labour
Utillites
Insurance
Breeding
Livestock Purchases
Beef Day
Deductions
Corral Cleaning
Show
Custom Trucking
Farm Supplies & Expences

72. Budgeted Income
$-
$10,000.00
$20,000.00
$30,000.00
$40,000.00
$50,000.00
$60,000.00
$70,000.00
Bull Sales Livestock
Products
(Embryos)
Cull Cow Sales Heifer Sales
(Cull)
Heifer Sales
(Agribition &
Beef Day)
Steer Sales Custom Work Miscellaneous
Income
Total Budgeted Income = $106,924.00
Total Income YTD = $142,316.00
Variance = $35,392.00

73. Budgeted Expenses
$-
$5,000.00
$10,000.00
$15,000.00
$20,000.00
$25,000.00
$30,000.00
$35,000.00
$40,000.00
$45,000.00
$50,000.00
Total Budgeted Expenses = $99,850.00
Total Expenses = $144,437.00
Variance = ($44,587.00)

75. Sustainability/Stewardship
• Northwest 19
– Motion activated watering system
– Fence
– ALUS and Vermilion Watershed Funding

76. Facebook Page
• Promotes and markets
the unit/college
• On average posts
reached 965 people
• 210 Followers

77. Recommendations
• Attend Czar Cattle Show in February
• Year long mineral program
• Maintain blaze face program
• Consider bred heifers from Eastligt Farms
• Increase training on Herdtrax and VBP+

78. Recommendations
• Maintain the Facebook page year to year
• Stay up to date on sales and markets
• Team bonding one time per month
• Keep involvement with CWA and Beef Day

79. Thank You!
• Peter Wilkinson
• Farm Staff
• Denise Martin
• Westman Farms
• Josie Van Lent
• Peter Walsh
• Geoff Brown
• Lakeland College Ag Faculty
• New Holland
• Canadian Western
Agribition
• Bevin Hamilton
• North Central Livestock
Exchange
• Jim Pulyk
• Mellissa Downing
• Dr. Troy Drake
• Dr. Tim Goodbrand
• Dr. Crystal Mullen
• Fred Ven de Ligt
• Lewis Farms
• Cam Pearman
• Wyatt Isaacson
• Bennett Foster
• CL Ranches
• JBS
• MCF Feeders
• John Buckley
• Doug Price
• Paige Holmquist
• All other SMF Units
• 2016-17 Commercial
Unit