Forage allowance determines stocking
In grazing enterprises, forage allowance is a key management variable. Forage allowance is defined as the amount of forage dry matter available to an animal.
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Emergency grazing of CRP acres for 192 Texas counties authorized
USDA Texas Farm Service Agency (FSA) Executive Director, Judith A. Canales has announced that 192 counties are authorized for emergency grazing use of Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) acres for fiscal year (FY) 2013 effective June 2, 2013.
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Jolley: Five Minutes with Smithfield’s new Chinese connection
Let’s start with the ‘Sayings of Chairman Wan,’ the Chief Executive at Shuanghui, the world’s newest well-known meat behemoth, temporarily shoving aside Brazil’s JBS.
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BeefTalk: Cows need grass and grass needs cows
What’s up? A typical response to that question in the northern Plains ranching country would be: Busy moving cattle, we will talk later.
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Commentary: A workable fix for working immigrants
Whether Congress reforms the entire immigration program or not, they must come up with an effective fix to help provide Texas ranchers with a reliable workforce.
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Jolley: Do Memorial Day sales signal a permanent downturn?
The stats are in and Memorial Day weekend beef sales were disappointing, not exactly the great kickoff to the summer grilling season we wanted.
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Ranchers need to watch for ‘hardware disease’ in livestock
As Arkansans clean up after another round of destructive winds and flooding, the state’s livestock producers should not only scout fields for objects that can be a danger to grazing animals, but also check their herds for symptoms of “hardware disease.”
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Beef producers: Consider summer annuals as additional feed source
With hay stock levels at record lows in several Midwest states, including Ohio, beef producers looking to supplement their forage options could turn to summer annuals, according to a forage expert from Ohio State University's College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences.
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Plan now to pregnancy check replacement heifers
Ranchers who choose to breed replacement heifers about a month ahead of the mature cows need to determine which heifers failed to conceive in their first breeding season.
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$10 million for breeding burps out of cows?
Belching cows are in the spotlight as a team of international scientists hopes to breed a herd of all-star – and burp-less – cows.
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Big bales wrapped in plastic make baleage
The 2013 hay season, with little sunshine and lots of rain, increases interest in making baleage, or silage in a bag, says Rob Kallenbach, University of Missouri Extension forage specialist.
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