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A-Z Retained Ownership Program

A to Z Retained Ownership, Inc.
The A to Z Retained Ownership program was started in 1992 as a cooperative venture by cow-calf producers, the Bruneau Cattle Company feedlot, veterinarians, packers, bankers, allied industry representatives and University of Idaho Cooperative Extension System. The primary goal of this educational program is to give cow-calf producers information on how their cattle perform through the feeding and carcass phases.

Specific project objectives are to provide cattle producers with the following.

  • A process for selecting a custom feedlot
  • A process for selecting a financial institution to finance feeding
  • Feedlot performance information for their cattle
  • Individual animal carcass information at slaughter
  • Marketing alternatives available during the feeding program
  • Economic evaluation of retained ownership for individual operators and the pen of cattle

How the program works:

Ranchers designate increments of five steers and/or heifers weighing between 550 and 750 lbs. Calves must be born after December 1, dehorned, castrated and free of obvious health or physical problems. A standardized preconditioning program will include preweaning and on-ranch vaccinations. Calves will be received at the Bruneau Cattle Co. feedlot during November, custom fed and marketed. Feed, yardage and medicine will be financed by a local lending institution through A to Z Retained Ownership, Inc. Death loss and health costs will be the responsibility of the individual owner. Feedlot, carcass, economic and marketing information and payment to participants will be made at a year-end banquet.

For more information, please contact:

Gordon Keetch
Adams County Extension Educator
(208) 253-4279
Email:  gkeetch@uidaho.edu

Scott Jensen
Owyhee County Extension Educator
(208) 896-4104
Email:  scottj@uidaho.edu

Neil Rimbey
Ag Economist
(208)  459-6365
Email: nrimbey@uidaho.edu

A to Z Retained Ownership, Inc. Year-End Summaries
1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
2003 2004 2005 2006            

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