Nonregistered Cattle Vs Registered Cattle Case Study

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The decision to change from nonregistered cattle to registered cattle for market slaughter on your ranch is a large one. Many ranchers enter the ranching business expecting the same experience as the one their family had at home. These ranchers are wrong to make this assumption. They quickly realize just how different the registered cattle compared to nonregistered cattle. Registered cattle cost more money, presents more work and time-consuming challenges, and has more prestige than the nonregistered cattle.
First, in terms of cost, registered cattle were more expensive than nonregistered cattle because of the proven specific genetic traits of production. Anyone who wishes to buy registered cattle must pay the registration fees, unlike nonregistered cattle which is free.
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Ranchers with registered cattle face tasks of having to work administering medications, embryo transplanting, and palpating each head many times during the breeding and gestation cycle, compared to the nonregistered cattle which only need working only one or two times each year. The nonregistered cattle required yearly vaccinations and the herd bull does the breeding. There are more tasks in registered cattle, and they are also more challenging and can take up to several hours on many days to complete breeding successfully. In contrast, nonregistered cattle do not need as much time and effort to complete their breeding cycle and can often complete their cycle within minutes of a registered cattle’s process of breeding. In addition, to the extra time ranchers with registered cattle work, cattle experience extra pressure because of the environment they in. Registered cattle’s offspring worth is 100% or much more than a nonregistered cattle’s offspring. Registered cattle were consistently placed under more strenuous conditions than the nonregistered

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