Fit Dewormer Program to the Herd
Becky Mills
Progressive Farmer
With 250 cows, their calves and his sale bulls, Lindy Sheppard believes in watching costs when it comes to dewormers. That’s why the Sylvania, Ga., producer saves the priciest products for the animals he believes need them most — namely his fall-born calves.
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Seven ranch management practices to profit
Farm and Ranch Guide
What you do on the ranch sets the stage for value at the feedlot and all the way to the consumer. Tom Williams, owner-manager at Chappell Feedlot, has a history of working with ranchers to create profit for both retained ownership and purchased cattle since the early 1990s.
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Worried About Hormones?
Bruce Treffer
Bovine Veterinarian
There are a lot of concerns and mixed messages about hormones in beef. There are a few things to keep in mind the next time you hear that beef contains too many hormones.
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Picking a Summer Annual Forage
Dennis Hancock
The University of Georgia
Summer annual grasses are important forage crops in the Southeast. They have a significant fit in our forage systems to fill in the summer forage gap in the Fescue Belt and as an emergency forage crop for dry summers or bare ground. They also fit well in situations where perennial warm season grasses are not desired or do not have fit the circumstances.
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Caring for cattle about health, safety
Barbara Quinn
Monterey Herald
"We’re looking to make sure everyone is healthy," he yelled back. "If babies don’t jump up or run away when we get close, or aren’t nursing, or have diarrhea … those are signs that they may not be well."
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Organic marketing: Not truthful, often misleading
John R. Block
Des Moines Register
As someone who has dedicated his career to agriculture, I’ve often wondered what drives the now double-digit growth in the $35 billion U.S. organic products industry. Why are so many people willing to pay premiums up to 100 percent or more for items that carry an organic label, and do they really understand what that label means and — even more important — what it doesn’t mean?
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The Role of GMO’s in Cattle Feed
Facts About Beef
Today, farmers and ranchers that raise meat, milk and eggs depend on crops like soybeans and corn as part of the balanced diet for their livestock. So, some of them choose to use GMO crops as critical components in their animal’s feed—others may choose not to use them.
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