BeefTalk
BeefTalk: Did you learn anything?
A hot topic in agriculture is generational transfer. It starts the day the heir is born. So why live in denial?
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BeefTalk: First-cycle conception has been remarkably stable
The percentage of cows that have calved in the first 21 days of the calving season for the last decade was 58, 60, 61, 62, 64, 64, 64, 64, 63 and 61 percent.
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BeefTalk: Calving distribution key to reproductive success
Right now, cows are calving 88.8 percent of the time within the first 42 days of the calving season. That is good, so hats off to progressive cattle managers.
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BeefTalk: Pregnancy and calving percentages are stable
The main point is that the components of reproduction are very hard to pull out and fix. However, the sum of the pieces produces a calf at least 93.6 percent of the time for CHAPS (Cow Herd Appraisal Performance Software) producers.
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BeefTalk: Twenty years of great beef production
In the last 20 years, typical beef producers have increased herd size, established new expectations for cattle growth from slightly older cows and maintained solid reproductive performance.
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BeefTalk: The pickup rut
Although there is no mating season for pickups, there is an obvious rut.
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BeefTalk: 2011 production benchmarks are in
Once again, the North Dakota Beef Cattle Improvement Association (NDBCIA) is pleased to summarize the average performance of beef cattle herds that are utilizing the CHAPS program.
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BeefTalk: Nothing new, just a reminder that breeding systems work
Once the industry decided that the walls would not cave in when Hereford bulls were mated to Angus cows or vice versa, the world of beef cattle systems was created.
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BeefTalk: Biofuel and beef cattle systems
Beef cattle systems are the key to beef cattle management. What type of system or, more simply put, how that system is defined determines the daily operation of the unit.
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BeefTalk: Lowline influenced, sized right and grass ready
Starting in 1995, the Dickinson Research Extension Center noted the need to evaluate production costs and herd performance for late-spring (early May) calving in contrast to the traditional spring (late-March, early April) calving in southwestern North Dakota.
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BeefTalk: Has Much Changed in the Last 15 Years?
Following recent field days, several thoughts about cow size surfaced, which triggered some discussion. In fact, as attendees and students were reviewing previous discussions on what are the best cow systems, they could not help but notice a change at the Dickinson Research Extension Center.
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