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RANCHING
Texas Beef operates a core business of
grazing and growing stocker calves on native plains
grasslands. These operations include the historic Lit
Ranch, as well as several other company operated
ranches scattered across the Texas Panhandle. Additional
Company contract grazing operations covering several hundred
thousand acres of prime grazing acreage are located in Texas,
Oklahoma, and New Mexico with more limited operation in other
parts of the country. The majority of the grazing is
concentrated during the April through October growing season.
The Plains grasses are the strongest in this country and small
calves grow into robust yearlings in a short period of time.
While much of the grazing activities are little changed in the
past 100 years, since cattle first started grazing this
county, what we know about the cattle as they graze has
changed.
Today's cattle ranching involves
complex tracking systems monitoring the cattle performance.
Computer programs track production data and analyze results
and expectations of the animals. Texas Beef is starting with
individual animal identification using passive transistors
that will allow us to track several important fields of
information on a particular animal such as breed, weight,
health data, purchase date and location. These databases will
follow the animals all the way to the supermarket.
Habitat maintenance is paramount
to the success and longevity of the cattle rancher. Sustaining
grazing resources must necessarily precede successful grazing
operation. Texas Beef systematically monitors the vital signs
of the ecological systems that are so necessary to the
diversity and growth of the plants and animals on the ranch.
Texas Beef has developed models for ranching operations to
incorporate holistic grazing allowing the ranch to be a
self-contained and sufficient operation.
If you have grazing operations or
opportunities, please see profit
participation for more information regarding working with
Texas Beef.
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