Profit Tips
Profit Tips: Management - Renovate pastures or hay meadows damaged by flooding
With flooding occurring or expected in many areas this spring, Iowa State University agronomist Steve Barnhart offers these tips.
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Profit Tips: Reproduction - Plan estrus synchronization online
With financial support from a multi-state Extension group, beef producers have free access to the Bovine Estrus Synchronization Planner through the Iowa Beef Center website.
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Profit Tips: Nutrition - Urea supplements improve forage utilization
While there are misconceptions concerning the feeding of non-protein nitrogen to cattle, the practice of using these products, particularly urea, in feed supplements is well established as safe and successful in helping cattle utilize low-quality forages
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Profit Tips: Facilities - Design effective windbreaks
According to Bob Schultheis, a natural-resource engineering specialist with University of Missouri Extension, a good tree windbreak will reduce wind velocities downwind for long distances, benefiting both livestock and humans.
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Range Ready helps build a strong foundation for herd health
Six years ago, Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. helped seedstock producers add value through its Range Ready Health Warranted Breeding Stock program.
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Research demonstrates performance in presence of antagonist
An Iowa study was done on feedlot cattle with access to water with high sulfur content, which is considered an antagonist that can affect bioavailability of nutrients.
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When to use chelated trace minerals
Water and forage analysis can identify antagonistic minerals and help you fine-tune your supplement program.
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Finishing systems differ in costs, returns
Researchers at the University of Illinois recently reported on a trial comparing four different finishing systems.
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Hide color and fed-cattle value
Hide color doesn’t seem to make much difference in the value of cattle at the packing plant, according to a study from West Texas A&M University.
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Calm cattle pay
A five-year Mississippi State University study found that cows with poor temperaments can affect the entire herd and reduce producers’ bottom lines.
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Tax advice for ag producers
Ron Haugen, North Dakota State University Extension Service farm economist, offers these tax-filing tips for livestock producers.
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- Agriculture is expected to remain strong in the coming decade
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- Senate Agriculture Committee completes Farm Bill markup
