Profit Tips
Profit Tips: Nutrition - Creep feeding to increase calf gains
Creep feeding can help calves gain weight, especially when forage supplies are short.
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Profit Tips: Nutrition - Boost heifer nutrition
University of Nebraska Extension beef specialist Rick Rasby, PhD, reminds ranchers heifers have different nutritional requirements from mature cows.
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Profit Tips: Cow-calf - Watch for signs of hypothermia in calves
Cold weather during spring calving season creates a risk of calf loss due to hypothermia, but South Dakota State University Extension specialist Tracey Renelt says early intervention can save valuable calves.
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Profit Tips: Equipment - Keep an accurate bale count
Hay has become a precious commodity with many producers now storing round bales under a roof.
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Profit Tips: Animal Health – Encourage immunity in calves
Resistance to disease is greatly dependent on antibodies or immunoglobulins and can be either active or passive in origin, says Oklahoma State University Extension specialist Glen Selk, PhD.
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Profit Tips: Genetic Selection - Use calving-ease scores
With spring bull-buying season approaching, Kansas State University cow-calf specialist Bob Weaber, PhD, reminds producers that calving-ease scores are a better selection tool than birthweights alone.
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Profit Tips: Cow-Calf - Evaluate winter feed options
Cow-calf producers this winter face considerable challenges in cost-effectively feeding late-gestation cows.
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Profit Tips: Equipment - Precondition for animal welfare
Might preconditioning of calves become a requirement? Dan Thomson, DVM, PhD, Beef Cattle Institute, Kansas State University, thinks it could happen and that it should.
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Profit Tips: Nutrition - Using silage to stretch hay supplies
Due to the shortage of conventional forages and drought damage to many corn fields this year, cow-calf producers are feeding more corn silage than usual.
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Profit Tips: Reproduction - Cow temperament affects reproduction
Research from Oregon State University indicates aggressive cows have lower reproduction rates than calm cows and that acclimating heifers to low-stress handling can benefit fertility.
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Profit Tips: Equipment - Calm in the chute
Texas rancher Louie Woodall has seen his share of calves lunging forward, kicking or otherwise struggling while restrained in a squeeze chute, creating a risk of injuring themselves or processing-crew members.
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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
