Beef Nutrition
Ranchers in northwestern New Mexico suspect toxic plants, used in Navajo and Hopi religious ceremonies, are responsible for the recent deaths of more than a dozen cows.
Whole Foods CEO John Mackey, who has been vegan for more than 20 years, says he can’t endorse any plant-based meat substitutes currently on the market.
Fire consumed a tractor trailer fire hauling straw in Missouri last week—one more reminder to keep hay equipment in good condition. Short supplies of hay, forage and crops mean every bale is valuable.
In Monroe County, Mo., the Pembertons see several benefits of rotational grazing, such as pasture rest, regrowth and soil conservation. They perform biannual soil testing and add lime to their pastures as needed.
Stockpiling forages and feeding small grains crops year-round can help cattle producers offset the higher costs of hay.
We know a lack of water will affect cattle health and performance. What we may forget is that water is a nutrient and has nutritional value that can affect livestock as its quality changes.
Producer concerned about the impact feeding of corn by-products has on recip cows becoming pregnant with embryos.
After a long winter, don’t think the spring and summer will be without challenges of their own. Here’s six impact areas you need to be ready for, as they might affect your profitability this year.
Cows need a lot of feed to fill them up and keep them full.
Winter-feeding of the beef cows represents the greatest expense in most beef cow-calf enterprises.
After a year of drought and weather challenges, some cattle farmers are putting in extra cover crops this fall to ease the forage burden. Here’s the top six cover crops cattle farmers are using to stretch fall grazing.
Over past two decades, ethanol production has increased, and in turn, the byproduct of this industry (distillers grains) has become more available.
The person who originated the adage, “It beats a snowbank” may have been thinking about feeding corn stalk bales. However, like most forages there can be quite a bit of variability in nutritional value.
Prussic acid and nitrates affect cattle differently.
With the limited opportunities and short windows many have had to make hay so far this year, some hay may have been made at higher moisture levels than we would like
Grazing fresh young alfalfa can induce bloat in cattle. Bloat can sometimes be fatal to cattle.
In declining cattle markets, the question of “Should I fertilize?” is a subject of much debate.
A good stand of crested wheatgrass has the capacity to meet cows’ and calves’ nutritional requirements.
Energy is one of the most critical nutrients for grazing cows particularly at pasture turn out because it coincides with their greater needs to support the young calf.
Calculating the amount of hay that is needed on both a short term and over the course of an entire winter are mathematical exercises that are required on any cow calf enterprise.
Fall and winter grazing on warm-season grasses is the least detrimental time to graze these species.
Grazing on harvested corn fields provides a fall and winter management option for cattle owners and an income opportunity for landowners.