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This section covers information pertaining to cattle feed and livestock feeding. Nutrition is an important area in livestock production. Ranches today keep a close eye on feed and nutrition. Try keyword searches like by-products, commodities, or total digestible nutrients, and you find scores of helpful articles.
Creep Feeding Considerations
published: May 13th 2013 by: Janna Kincheloe source: IGrow, South Dakota Extension
Calf growth rate and weaning weight are important benchmarks in determining performance and profitability of cow/calf enterprises. Weaning weight is dependent on a variety of factors, including calf health, genetic potential, milk production of the dam, and age at weaning....
Condition Score Cows Early
published: April 17th 2013 by: Rick Rasby source: University of Nebraska
Body condition scores (BCS) describe the relative fatness of a cow through the use of a nine-point scale and is an effective management tool to evaluate nutritional status of the herd. The body condition scoring system allows producers to visually assess their cow herd using a number system that objectively describes the amount of condition or fat reserve of an animal....
Feed Efficiency In Cattle Key To Future
published: April 5th 2013 source: Noble Foundation
ARDMORE, Oklahoma — For generations, agricultural producers have continued to produce more food with fewer resources. Unfortunately, their greatest test is yet to come. In October 2011, the world's population topped 7 billion for the first time in recorded history, and estimates have total population numbers breaching the 9....
Corn Market Tumbles
published: April 3rd 2013 source: KTIC
Higher grain stocks and lower than expected demand has sent the commodity market tumbling. The latest grain stocks report overshadowed the planting intentions report that came out from the U.S. Department of Agriculture last Thursday....
Feeding Sawdust To Cattle
published: February 26th 2013 by: Orian Love source: The Gazette
While it’s not quite spinning straw into gold, Bob Batey is converting sawdust from his lumber mill into nutritious and palatable feed for his cattle. When Batey fills his feed bunks with the 70 percent sawdust ration, his cows eat it like candy, plunging their faces into it and licking their lips....
Cows Need Adequate Nutrition In Late Winter/Early Spring
published: February 22nd 2013 by: Emily Adams source: Coshocton Tribune
The late winter to early spring timeframe is an important time to provide adequate nutrition for cows that will be calving. This also can be a challenging time of year to feed cattle when profitability is a goal for your operation....
Weather To Dictate Grain Prices
published: December 18th 2012 by: Blair Fannin source: Texas AgriLife
Grain prices for 2013 will hinge on favorable weather patterns following the devastating 2012 drought in the Midwest, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service economist. “It’s all about the weather,” said Dr....
Mold Can Cause Toxic Contaminants In Feed
published: December 12th 2012 source: Farm and Ranch Guide
Increased demand on animal performance and productivity inevitably brings new challenges and risks to modern animal production. Toxic contaminants produced by molds in storage grains, forages, silage and in some pasture grasses are known as mycotoxins....
Non Protein Nitrogen Information
published: October 10th 2012 source: IGrow, South Dakota Extension
Why is non-protein nitrogen (NPN) often used in cattle supplements? Beef cows consuming low-quality forages are almost always deficient in protein. Thus, supplements comprised of high-protein ingredients are recommended over high-energy supplements....
Corn And Soybean Harvest On Record Pace
published: September 19th 2012 source: Reuters
The world's largest corn and soybean harvest advanced at a record pace in the United States last week that exceeded trade expectations, U.S. government data showed on Monday, when harvest pressure tumbled Chicago grains futures....
Higher Grain Prices Will Have Long-term Effect
published: September 7th 2012 by: Blair Fannin source: Texas AgriLife
High grain prices continue to take a toll on the livestock sector as higher feed costs erode profit margins and lower bids for beef cattle, pork and related markets, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension economist....
Grain Versus Corn, TDN Cost Per Unit
published: August 17th 2012 by: Kris Ringwald, beef specialist
Do you know your cost per unit of Total Digestible Nutrients (TDN)? Do you know your cost per unit of TDN? If we take some common feeds and calculate cost per unit of desired nutrient, the trend is obvious....
Early Weaning, DDGS Feed Could Cut Costs For Cattle Produers
published: August 9th 2012 by: Brian Wallheimer source: Purdue University
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - If the drought forces producers to feed a larger portion of distillers dried grains with solubles, cattle can maintain gains and improve meat quality if the animals are weaned early, a Purdue University scientist has shown....
Buy Feed By Value, Not Pounds
published: August 7th 2012 by: Kris Ringwald, beef specialist source: North Dakota State Extension
The struggle for sourcing feed continues as cattle producers evaluate current and future feeding options. Even though the culling is deep, there still are cows left to feed, so now is the time to call a good beef cattle nutritionist....
Study Shows Additional Methionine Improves Efficiency In Heifers
published: July 18th 2012 source: Montana State U News Service
An extra dose of certain amino acids can help cows better use dietary protein or the nutrients they consume, according to a new study published by Agricultural Research Service scientists at the Fort Keogh Livestock and Range Research Laboratory (LARRL) in Miles City....
The All Important Nutrient-Water
published: July 3rd 2012 by: Rick Rasby, PhD source: University of Nebraska
A number of factors interplay and make water requirement and needs difficult to assess. Because feeds themselves contain some water and the oxidation of certain nutrients in feeds produces water, not all must be provided as drinking water....
New Noble scientist focuses research on phosphorus use as phosphate supply dwindles
published: May 18th 2012 source: Noble Foundation
Wolf Scheible is re-searching a problem most people do not even know exists. Scheible, Ph.D., a new principal investigator at the Noble Foundation, comes to the organization from Germany’s esteemed Max-Planck Society....
Corn Growers Appreciate Senate Ag Committee Farm Bill
published: April 24th 2012 source: National Corn Growers Association
WASHINGTON (April 23, 2012) -- National Corn Growers Association President Garry Niemeyer released the following statement in response to Senate Agriculture Committee’s proposed 2012 farm bill legislation: “We greatly appreciate the work by Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow and Ranking Member Pat Roberts to put forth a well-crafted 2012 farm bill....
Boosting The Diet Of Stocker Calves
published: March 21st 2012 by: D.L. Rankins, Jr., S.E. Peacock and J.T. source: Auburn University Extension
Each year, thousands of calves are purchased from sale bams during the fall and fed or grazed throughout the winter as stocker cattle to sell in the spring. Often these calves lose weight or make slow gains during the first month after purchase, but AAES research indicates that feeding them specially formulated diets can provide a boost in growth....
New Range Cube From Dried Distillers Grains Proving Successful
published: February 24th 2012 by: Robyn Scherer source: Fence Post
Winter feeding can be stressful for cattle producers, especially when hay prices are high. Corn stalks and pastures are the most economically feasible options, but they don't always provide all the nutrients cattle need....
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