Pfizer, AABP taking applications for vet student scholarships
Pfizer Animal Health and the American Association of Bovine Practitioners (AABP) are now accepting applications for the 2011 AABP Foundation – Pfizer Animal Health Veterinary Student Scholarship Fund.
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50 beef cattle profit tips
The combination of high cattle prices and high input prices does not necessarily mean that beef cattle producers will be profitable.
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Quick Tips: Cull reproductive losses
A comprehensive reproductive vaccination program could mean more calves, profits
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A walk through cattle corrals for vaccinations
Thought I'd give ya a little insight to a day in ranch life. Here is a set of corrals, including our portable panels, squeeze chute, and pasture. Send any questions my way you may have about cattle vaccinations.
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CattleSense: What’s in it for me?
It’s new! It’s exciting! It’s written up in all the ag magazines and beef e-newsletters: [Published research / field demonstrations / personal experience] give evidence of improved [growth / reproduction / health / value]. It’s the wave of the future!
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Preconditioning nutrition programs
The profitability of a preconditioning program depends largely on calf weight gains during the preconditioning period.
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Early weaning for the beef herd
This article could probably be titled "What to Do If All Else Fails". Certainly no one ever plans to find himself in a drought, short of forage, and with a group of cows too thin to breed.
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Beef calf preconditioning programs: Weaning
Wean calves at least 45 days before a sale or according to the requirements of the specific preconditioning program.
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Beef calf preconditioning programs: Markets
Preconditioning programs are implemented around weaning time.
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CattleSense: Healthy herd habits
It goes without saying that cattlemen care about the health of their herds.
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Temperament evaluation
Increasingly cattle temperament is a concern for many in the industry. Chute scores, pen scores and exit velocities are all systems used to evaluate the excitability of cattle.
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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
- Survey reveals most Americans in favor of COOL
- Corn planting pace turns from record slow to record fast
- U.S. cattle placements rise in April as feed costs subside
