Improve winter cattle feed with nitrogen
When it comes to winter feed for beef herds, applying a pound of nitrogen to pastures in August gives a good return.
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The dog days of summer
So just what are the "Dog Days" of summer? According to Wikipedia, the "Dog Days" are the hottest, most sultry days of summer.
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Don’t waste a source of valuable information
Too many times the following statement is made when a production animal dies or aborts: “well that’s just one of those things and you can’t lose them if you don’t have them”.
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Mineral supplementation important for beef cattle
The importance of mineral supplementation and nutrition is underestimated by most beef producers, While subclinical deficiencies often go unrecognized, they cause a reduction in growth and efficiency and depress the immune system.
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Cattle Management: Feeding drought-stressed corn to cattle
K-State beef cattle specialist Dale Blasi offers important advice on feeding drought-stressed corn to cattle, whether as silage, green-chop or hay, or as a grazing resource. However, special caution must be taken with any of those options.
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Nitrate toxicity after a drought-easing rain
Oklahoma summers often bring “high pressure domes” that cause 100+ degree days and no rain. The resulting heat stress can cause nitrate accumulation in summer annual forage crops.
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Cow-Calf Corner: Beef production tips
Cow-Calf Corner is a collection of timely management tips of interest to cow-calf producers in Oklahoma.
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Gestational management important for calf productivity
Proper nutrition during pregnancy is not only critical for human mothers, but it is also important for bovine mothers.
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Drought and Vitamin A
Most of Texas is currently under drought conditions, much of them severe. And this condition has persisted for a long time in some areas.
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Water, an important nutrient
A number of factors interplay and make water requirement and needs difficult to assess. Because feeds themselves contain some water and the oxidation of certain nutrients in feeds produces water, not all must be provided as drinking water.
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Summer grazing goals
Meeting the nutritional needs of cows in mid lactation involves knowing what the nutritional requirements are and it is also necessary to have some idea of what nutrient level is being provided by the pasture forage.
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