Premiums paid based on a genetic score? US Premium Beef has been doing so over the past year using the American Angus Associations Genetic Merit Scorecard (GMS). CSU Extension Specialists Travis Taylor and Scott Stinnett discuss what a GMS is, how it is being used to pay premiums and what those implications may means to cattle producers across the production system.

With the high price of replacement females, many producers are reluctant to make the investment. This leaves producers with underutilized pastures and extra forage. Adding stockers may be the alternative to provide revenue and utilize forage assets. CSU Extension Specialists Travis Taylor and Scott Stinnett discuss stockers and other possible alternatives to take advantage of extra forage.

Summer heat can create direct and indirect stresses on cattle. Colorado State University Extension Specialists Travis Taylor and Scott Stinnett discuss those stresses in this episode and how to manage cattle and other animals in the heat.

Being prepared for drought is a constant on the high plains, but usually without high cattle prices. CSU Extension Specialists Travis Taylor and Scott Stinnett discuss strategies to plan for possible dry conditions in 2025.

With the economy being a daily lead in the news, what does the agriculture economy look like? CSU Extension Specialists Travis Taylor and Scott Stinnett discuss what they have recently learned.

Colorado State University Extension Specialists Travis Taylor and Scott Stinnett discuss a social media post from Noble Research Institute on Ten Time-Savers for Productive Grazing and how those ten actions could be applied to the high plains.

You can read the article at: https://www.noble.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/NGE-10TimeSavers.pdf

Ever consider estrous synchronization or AI of your herd? This might be the time to do it. CSU Extension Specialists Travis Taylor and Scott Stinnett discuss the positives to synch and AI in the current cattle market.

Most producers cull cows based on being open or poor disposition, but there are some other criteria that can help producers make culling decisions. Colorado State University Extension Specialists Travis Taylor and Scott Stinnett discuss body condition, mouthing, foot angle and claw set, and udder scores as secondary criteria for culling.

CSU Extension Specialist Scott Stinnett visits with Anna Shadbolt of CSU AgNext about virtual fencing, how it is used in research and how it could be useful to producers.

With the high price of cattle and the constant concern of drought conditions, Colorado State University Extension Specialists Travis Taylor and Scott Stinnett discuss the why and when of grazing decision triggers.