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When do cows start experiencing cold stress and then how much more energy do they need?

The bottom line is to know the breed average EPDs for the traits of interest, know the herd historical and current averages for EPD traits of interest, set herd goals and then select the right bulls.

Cold dominated the weather reports since Jan. 1 and it has made managing livestock during these frigid times more difficult.

As calving season approaches, think about how to make your job easier and potentially save more calves at calving.

Is deferred grazing the best option for maximum production?

Event helps strategize for future under drought conditions.

The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service office in Wilson County and others will present the Pasture Management Workshop from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Feb. 25 at the Floresville Event Center.

Hundreds of Texas farmers and ranchers welcomed the rain and spent a day indoors listening to the latest opportunities in the cattle market, potential for alternative crops, as well as other commodity presentations at the 2014 Blackland Income Growth Conference at the Extraco Events Center in Waco.

Science, or rather advancements in science, allow for new or revised tools to aid in selection and management of beef cattle.

Julianne Johnston summarizes this week’s cattle market for Farm Journal’s Beef Today.