Future of the beef feedlot industry

Abstract

North American feedlot practice has evolved over the last four decades to become a highly specialized form of veterinary medicine offering integrated client solutions spanning from animal health protocols to data analysis and economic model­ing. Successful new and future feedlot practices will provide in­tegrated multidisciplinary solutions to clients while seeking to create opportunities for true producer-practitioner alignment. In its purest form, this will translate to co-investment and commitment of personal capital by veterinarians and produc­tion professionals who seek to monetize intellectual property through equity participation in the feedlot production systems they service.