Profit Tips
Profit Tips: Animal health - Avoid prussic acid poisoning
Iowa State University veterinarian Grant Dewell and Extension forage specialist Steve Barnhart note that fall frost can bring a risk of prussic acid poisoning for cattle consuming certain forages, particularly sorghum, sudangrass and related species.
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Profit Tips: Genetics - Selecting for feed efficiency
A group of researchers from Ireland and Colorado State University notes that most studies on feed efficiency in beef cattle have focused on performance in young animals, rather than longer-term productivity in the cow herd.
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Profit Tips: Facilities - Gate support
Heavy steel gates often require support to prevent sagging or damage to the hinges on the posts. James Hofer designed a portable support system for such gates.
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Profit Tips: Equipment - Animal stake-out
Staking out an animal such as a show steer is not worry-free. Titus Nolt devised a staking system that prevents wrapping the chain around the stake or pulling it out of the ground.
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Profit Tips: Reproduction - Check bulls after hot summer
This year’s uncommonly hot summer, particularly in the southern Plains region, could affect bull performance in fall-calving herds, according to Oklahoma State University Extension emeritus animal scientist Glenn Selk, PhD.
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Profit Tips: Cow-calf - Use fall processing to reduce feed costs
With feed costs a dominant factor in cow-calf profitability, weaning and fall processing is a good time to evaluate cows and make culling and management decisions, says Kansas State University cow-calf specialist Bob Weaber, PhD. Culling
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Profit Tips: Nutrition - Reduce losses with smaller hay deliveries
Round bales fed in the field can result in hay losses as high as 43 percent, according to University of Missouri specialists. The good news is that there are several methods producers can use to minimize those losses
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Profit Tips: Cow-calf - Capitalize on the potential of long-lasting antimicrobials
Daniel Scruggs, a veterinarian with Pfizer Animal Health, notes that multiple viral and bacterial agents contribute to bovine respiratory disease in a bewildering array of combinations.
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Profit Tips: Nutrition - Select bale feeders to reduce waste
Wasted feed is a problem anytime, but during a drought year with high hay prices, reducing waste becomes even more critical.
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Profit Tips: Events - 2011 Range Beef Cow Symposium
The University of Nebraska hosts this year’s Range Beef Cow Symposium Nov. 29–Dec. 1 in Mitchell, Neb.
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Profit Tips: Reproduction - Beef Reproduction Task Force materials online
The Beef Reproduction Task Force consists of Extension specialists from nine land-grant universities.
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- YSA members gain insight into agribusiness, retail industries
- Meat industry associations quick to attack the new MCOOL rule
- Team up against bovine respiratory disease
- Oil prices pare losses on U.S. equities turnaround
- Future of food discussion with Agriculture Secretary
- Ag markets diverged prove rather volatile on Thursday
- Former Eastern Livestock CEO, CFO sentenced for federal crimes
- Post-tornado composting a solution for disposal of dead livestock
- Michigan hay buyers should plan purchases early
- More beef cows in worst drought regions than a year ago
- Seven jobs more dangerous than farming
- New animal identification rules aid disease traceability
