Any type of abuse or neglect or harmful practice is counter-productive. If cattlemen are to remain in business and remain on their farms and ranches, they must be efficient producers. That requires proper feeding, health maintenance, care and handling. Management of cattle involves hands-on care. Cattlemen and cattlewomen, not machines, monitor, feed and care for their livestock.
Research indicates that producers are doing an excellent job of managing their animals.
Animals that receive the best care are the most productive. Health and reproductive and productive traits continue to be the most readily measurable and most practically useful indicators of compatibility between farm animals and the environments in which they reside. Feeds, management systems and disease control are more comprehensive than at any time in the past. It is the responsibility of all human beings to care for animals in their charge. Private lands in agricultural production provide rangeland, crops, water, wetlands and other food sources and habitat for big game and non-game species.