Build soil pH and fertility for optimum forage growth. Know the nutritional needs of your cow herd. Adequate cattle handling facilities are necessary for vaccination, deworming, etc. You also need appropriate pen space for weaning and preconditioning calves. Bull pens are also necessary to effectively separate bulls from cows after breeding season is over.
Proper management is a year-round process.
Accurate record keeping is necessary to determine production performance of each individual, and to calculate individual cow costs per year. Selection and culling decisions require good performance data. Knowing which genetics are working for you and which are not is crucial to long term marketing success. Another factor crucial to making sound marketing decisions is to know the costs associated with the production of each calf. You must know your break-even costs per calf to evaluate potential profit or loss.