Assessing options for drought response — 6. Assessing forced sales from within cow, heifer and steer groups
This is the sixth of seven recorded presentations, demonstrating how to assess management options in response to drought.
In this presentation, Fred Chudleigh (Agricultural Economist, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries) discusses how to use spreadsheet tools to assess and compare forced sale options in response to drought.
You can watch the full recording (26 minutes) or use the playlist below to jump to the start of a particular section within the presentation.
Playlist
- Assessing forced sales with Cowtrade and Bullocks
- What steps have we taken so far?
- Forced sales from within cow, heifer or steer groups?
- De-stocking versus drought feeding breeders
- De-stocking versus drought feeding (continued)
- Retain versus sell steers
- Sell PTIC cows or steers?
- Forced sales from within cow, heifer or steer groups?
- Where to next?
Excel spreadsheets
Excel – 4 Cowtrade analysis of PTIC drought feeding costs
Excel – 4a Cowtrade keep and feed PTIC cows at $150 and sell steers
Excel – 4aa Feed or sell PTIC cows 12 weeks feeding cost calculator
Excel – 5 Bullocks Sell steers drought response analysis (keep PTIC cows)
This recording has been compiled within the Improving profitability and resilience of beef and sheep businesses in Queensland—Preparing for, responding to and recovering from drought project.
More in this series:
Assessing options for drought response
← 1. Introduction and overview
← 2. Situation analysis
← 3. Mortality risk and early weaning
← 4. Sell, feed or agist PTIC cows
← 5. Send sale steers on agistment or sell early
← 7. Impact of the response strategy on recovery