Here at the Cattle Industry Summer Conference I learned more about Merial’s SureHealth program by talking with Dr. Van Ricketts. He’s Director of Corporate Accounts for the company. I thought you might be interested to hear what he had to say.

The main message he had here for beef producers had to do with pre-conditioning of cattle prior to weaning. He says now is a good time to think about this. The SureHealth program is basically a program using products that will enhance the health of the animal and make it more valuable at market time. According to Dr. Ricketts even a producer with a small herd can benefit from the program.

You can get more information on the SureHealth website.

Listen to my interview with Dr. Ricketts here (6 min.): [audio:http://zimmcomm.biz/cbb/cisc-07-ricketts.mp3]