Feed Efficiency
Missouri, Texas A&M receive $14 million research grants
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture has awarded two major grants totaling more than $14 million to researchers at the University of Missouri and Texas A&M University for conducting research on Bovine Respiratory Disease (BRD) and feed efficiency.
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Growth-promoting implants and our food supply
Growth-promoting implants are used to increase the growth rate and feed efficiency of growing and finishing cattle by about 3% to 5%.
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Take bull health by the horns
Breeding season is just around the corner and many producers are busy getting ready for spring turnout.
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Dan Dorn, Decatur County Feed Yard on cattle feeding profitability
Dan Dorn of Decatur County Feed Yard speaks with John Maday about cattle feeding profitability. Dorn describes the benefits of using electronic sorting management software, feed efficiency data and retained ownership.
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The "New Normal"
For a lot of years, to many of us it might have seemed the term "pasture management" meant simply stocking as many bred cows and pairs on a pasture as the spring flush would support
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Good nutrition vital from calving to breeding
A cow herd's greatest nutrient requirements occur immediately after calving and continue through peak milk production.
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Pondering retained ownership
Prior to the Leachman Cattle of Colorado bull sale March 26, the company held a Friday-night “Profit Discovery” educational seminar in Fort Collins, Colo.
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Profit Tips: Managing the spring feeding frenzy
As the days get longer, producers can find cattle spending too much time at the feed bunk.
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It might pay to know the grades
Cull cow values are on their seasonal rise, and many cows, either open or without calf, will be headed to town before the herd is turned to grass.
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Pfizer Animal Genetics Partners with Beefmasters/Brangus
Beefmaster and Brangus breeders now have new options in DNA testing and parentage verification.
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Limousin proves feed-efficiency
Feed accounts for 65 to 80 percent of total beef-production costs. With grain prices growing, finding a way to lower those costs is important to cattle producers.
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- Post-tornado composting a solution for disposal of dead livestock
- Cornell genetic testing process cuts cost by up to 75 percent
- Angus Foundation receives $28,500 from “The Card Challenge”
- Commentary: In praise of animal foods
- 100K Pathogen Genome Project maps first genomes
- Beef exports depend on quality reputation
- Michigan hay buyers should plan purchases early
- New animal identification rules aid disease traceability
- Seven jobs more dangerous than farming
- Corn planting pace turns from record slow to record fast
- Survey reveals most Americans in favor of COOL
- U.S. cattle placements rise in April as feed costs subside
