Profit Tips
Profit Tips: Genetics - Selecting for calmer cattle
Stockmen know that wild, temperamental cattle present a danger to handlers, facilities and other cattle.
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Profit Tips: Pasture management - Feeding cattle on sparse pastur
When drought limits forage availability, supplemental feeding on pasture can be economical, says University of Nebraska animal scientist Rick Rasby, PhD.
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Profit Tips: Animal health - Use timing, strategy for worm contr
Veterinarian Jon Seeger, with Pfizer Animal Health’s Veterinary Operations, says precise timing of strategic deworming results in success.
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Profit Tips: Pasture management - Nutrient recycling
Grazing management can be one of the most profitable endeavors for cattlemen. Rancher Mike Jones says grazing strategies must be a consideration year-round.
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Benefits of choosing the proper lubricant
Today's agricultural machinery costs up to several hundred thousand dollars and maintaining that equipment to ensure availability is critical for optimum productivity and profitability. Mark Betner, product manager for Mystik Lubricants, offers these tips on lubrication for agricultural equipment:
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Profit Tips: Equipment - Portable calf hut
Rancher Phillip Hofer converted a salvaged water tank into a portable shelter for newborn calves.
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Profit Tips: Genetics - Seek simplicity in genetic selection
With the availability of expected progeny differences, selection indexes and genomic ratings for a wide range of traits, genetic decisions can become complex and intimidating.
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Profit Tips: Cow-calf management - Breed heifers early
A variety of estrus-synchronization programs help get the heifers bred in a timely manner, including simple estrus detection, estrus detection with timed AI and fixed-timed AI protocols.
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Profit Tips: Forage Management - Don’t rush to restock
Experts with the Texas AgriLife Extension Service are advising beef cattle producers to use caution and strategic planning when thinking about restocking herds after drought.
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Profit Tips: Animal Health - Prevent anaplasmosis
The mild winter and early spring in many parts of the country created favorable conditions for insects and other vectors of disease such as anaplasmosis, specialists warn.
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Profit Tips: Equipment - Fencing organizer
Management-intensive grazing practices usually require moving electric fences regularly. That means keeping a supply of replacement posts and wire at the ready.
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