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The author talks about profitability in the cattle business in the U.S. by referring to a speech given by the author Gordon Hazard in Oklahoma in 2014, and also suggestions livestock producers to buy Livestock Risk Protection Insurance to save their business during financial downturns.

The article discusses the recommendations of U.S. beef cattle owner Gordon Hazard and others for maintaining profits and capital despite lower cattle prices, including selling cattle, grazing cattle for other owners instead of owning cattle, and purchasing Livestock Risk Protection Insurance.

In this article, the author offers suggestions on beef business in the U.S. He suggests using livestock and crop insurance from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for risk management in the business. He highlights to determine effectiveness of control measures which are applied to prevent flies on cattle. He also mentions sustainability of the U.S. beef industry by meeting global beef conservation demands of National Cattleman's Beef Association (NCBA).

The article offers information related to the different forms of livestock insurance in U.S. under the U.S Department of Agriculture's Risk Management Agency including Livestock Risk Protection and Livestock Gross Margin.

The article discusses the three significant factors in selecting insurance products for beef operations, in which director of insurance services Rachel Myers of Great Plains Ag Credit mentions the importance of seeking expertise, getting the needed products, and finding the right agent.

The article offers the insights of Rachel Myers, insurance services director at Great Plains Ag Credit in Amarillo, Texas, concerning the three things to ensure cattle insurance such as seeking of insurance's agents expertise, getting the right products, and finding the right insurance agent.

The article reports on the key improvements in the U.S. federal government's Livestock Gross Margin for Dairy Cattle insurance plan in 2011 and the claim of the Department of Agriculture (USDA) that 48% of all dairies had salmonella infections in 2007.

The article focuses on a court case in which the plaintiffs discovered that losses in contract feeding operation in case of accidental death of the livestock under their care, custody and control are not covered in the insurance coverage they purchased. The plaintiffs were contract-feeding hogs for other parties and they have a total of 535 hogs suffocated accidentally while in their care. The Iowa Supreme Court ruled that the insurance policy did not offer coverage for suffocation.

The article offers suggestions for purchasing insurance products for beef operations which include seeking expertise, selecting the right products and looking for a right insurance agent.