Determine possible data to record for a specific livestock operation in the following categories:

• breed progeny;
• reproduction (e.g., female productivity and male fertility, breeding dates, birthing rates, birth weights and parent/offspring pairings);
• raising livestock (e.g., farrowing records, weaning weight and rate of gain and age of livestock in different pens);
• nutrition (e.g., kind of feed, feed rations and days on pasture);
• animal management (e.g., sick or injured animals, medication records and daily checks);
• financial management (e.g., inventory, markets, customers, prices, sales, shipments and purchases); and,
• risk management (e.g., retention of cattle and types of insurance).