New Bulls Require Added Management
Stephen B. Blezinger, Ph.D., PAS
Cattle Today
It’s that time! It’s that time of the year when many producers begin giving thought to the future of their cow herd. Given current cattle markets, these are important considerations.
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What do Justin Bieber, Bill Clinton and Ozzy Osbourne All Have in Common?
Facts About Beef
They all dropped meat from their diet, but went back after noticing changes in energy and health. A nutritious-diet is one of the most important factors in maintaining a happy and healthy lifestyle.
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Pregnancy check cows for age, gender
Beef Producer
The primary reason for the early pregnancy check cows is to age the fetus more accurately. Many cattle producers use this as a gauge for expected calving date, according to Eldon Cole, livestock specialist with University of Missouri Extension.
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Selling the Sacred Cow: India’s Contentious Beef Industry
Sena Desai Gopal
The Atlantic
The Hindu reverence of cattle—particularly the cow—is well-known. Census data shows that nearly 80 percent of India’s 1.2 billion population are Hindu. Most Hindus worship the cow and abstain from eating beef, so it might come as a surprise that India has become the world’s second-largest beef exporter.
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Cattlemens Webinar Series
Beef USA
The seedstock cattle business has experienced an information explosion in the past decade thanks to new technologies for genetic prediction and selection. As a commercial cattleman heading to bull sales this spring, how do you best utilize these new selection tools to move your breeding program in the right direction?
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Conservation, Climate, and CAFOs
Tara Ritter
Institute for Agriculture and Trade
Recommended changes to the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), a farm program designed to encourage conservation, may instead promote the expansion of factory farms that harm the climate. EQIP is administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA NRCS), and is one of the largest federal conservation programs.
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Data-Driven Bull Buying
Jared Decker
A Steak in Genomics
There are lots of ways to make a decision. We can act on our impressions or intuitions. Or, we can gather data and let the evidence guide our decisions. I call this a data-driven philosophy.
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When you’re feeding a pregnant cow, you’re feeding for two
Heather Smith Thomas
BEEF
Cows have different nutritional needs at different stages of gestation. A cow’s nutrient requirements in early gestation aren’t much different from her maintenance requirements, but her needs increase as the fetus inside her grows. And if a cow is lactating, she needs a much higher level of protein and energy than during pregnancy.
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From Cattle to Corn, Crude Oil Dive Ripples Through Farm Economy
Newsmax
Craig Uden, who fattens cattle for beef on his Nebraska feedlot, expects to cut his energy costs by as much as a quarter this year because of falling oil prices – a silver lining in an otherwise tough rural economy.
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Mineral supplements help performance
Dana Zook
Enid News
Although mineral supplements are a small part of the beef cattle diet, their proper use in a nutrition program can go a long way in maximizing cattle performance.
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