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A heifer’s genetics can affect herd profitability for eight to 14 years.
Applying technology in the real world.
Producers facing rising production costs can hardly afford to not use legumes.
The gold standard prevention measure is to control environmental contamination.
Take Stock of Stalks; Scout Like a Master; Fungicide Timing Matters; Refuge Reminder; It’s Not in One Bag Yet
The Japanese earthquake could have a large effect on U.S. grain and beef exports, but likely will have only a minor effect.
While preventing disease in the cattle herd should always be the top priority, it is not always possible to avoid all illness.
Spring turnout is just around the corner and it should be a good one, given all the rain that has fallen in cattle country this winter.
Use photos to monitor range and pasture conditions.
It is clear that protein nutrition during late gestation is important to fetal development.
Groups seek action on downer/non-ambulatory animals
New fiscal year also off to a strong start
Research shows about three in four producers approve of the program.
Leigh Rubin brings his wild and twisted cartoony show to Denver during the 2011 Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA Tradeshow.
Use the right information to select your next herd sire.
Don’t just sell preconditioned calves, market them.
Congress and regulatory oversight agencies have held hearings to examine the role of speculation in commodity markets.
As we get nearer to spring calving season, our clinic will begin to get calls of aborted fetuses, near-term stillbirths and lost calves. These cases can be frustrating, as often we will not get a definitive diagnosis of what caused the problem. It is important for producers to understand a couple of things when deciding if it is worth the expense and effort to run diagnostic tests on individual ill or dead animals.
Losing a farm partner is twice as hard when it’s your father.
Faced with adversity, Duncanson Growers discovered how to get better.
University of Florida researchers have developed a variety of bahiagrass that better withstands cold temperatures than other varieties.
While you may just be starting calving season, now is the time to start thinking about breeding season.
Debt-to-asset ratio down to 11.3%
But will they actually accomplish much?
Study shows proposed new regulations from USDA will cost the broiler chicken industry more than $1 billion over five years.
Fall can be a busy and challenging time for cattlemen.
As frost begins to cover fields, cattle producers should protect grazing livestock against prussic acid poisoning and bloat.
More than just chutes and panels
Stream and canal areas with the greatest variety of plants and soil organisms have the healthiest soil and least pollution potential.
Follow medication withdrawal times when culling cows.
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