Poor pastures give cattle producers opportunity to review winter feeding options
University of Missouri
Robert L. Kallenbac
Feeding hay will come sooner than normal for some cattle farmers this fall.
The hot, dry conditions across much of cattle country this summer left cattle with thin pastures and not much to chew this fall.
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BeefTalk: Lowline Influenced, Sized Right and Grass Ready
Kris Ringwall, Beef Specialist, NDSU Extension Service
Starting in 1995, the Dickinson Research Extension Center noted the need to evaluate production costs and herd performance for late-spring (early May) calving in contrast to the traditional spring (late-March, early April) calving in southwestern North Dakota.
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Prevent winter parasites
Bovine Veterinarian
Whether marketing calves or caring for bred cows this fall, every cattle producer has to make the most of each pound of feed. So why feed parasites too? “There is no reason to feed the cow, calf and the parasites,” says Gary Sides, Ph.D., Pfizer Animal Health Veterinary Operations.
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Do You Have Expansion Fever?
Boyd Kidwell
Progressive Farmer
After a brief career as a rodeo bull rider, Jamie Dail started ranching with a small beef herd near Wallace, N.C. During the last 15 years, this eastern North Carolina cattleman has built a herd of 450 brood cows.
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Cloned Cows’ Milk, Beef Up to Standard
Rick Weiss
Washington Post
Milk and meat from cloned cattle are almost identical in composition to the milk and meat from conventionally bred cattle, according to the first comprehensive assessment of the nutritional value of food from clones.
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Flush beef farmers should pay down debt
Carl C. Stafford
Culpeper Star Exponent
Beef farmers are in an interesting situation now with added cash flow coming from cull cow sales and the steady to rising tide of calf income. We fall prey to the temptation to spend when extra cash arrives in our budgets.
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Amid drought, Texas ranchers look to Montana
Matthew Frank
Missoula Independent
Billings rancher Douglas Sidwell recently got a call asking if he could spare any hay. The buyer was a hay broker in Texas, which is stricken by an unrelenting drought. The broker was looking for as much hay as he could get his hands on to feed starving cattle.
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