Under the Hat: Jack of trades
Laura Mushrush
Drovers
Keep up with the beef industry newsbeat, and chances are you’ve seen Glenn Selk’s name pop up a time or two. The Nebraska native, Oklahoma import spent years working as an Extension beef specialist for Oklahoma State University, retiring from his full time position in 2010.
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Nutritional Management of Replacement Heifers
Brandi Karisch
Beef Today
The replacement heifer is the foundation of a productive cowherd and, it is important to give her the best chance at having a long and productive life in the herd,
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Short Duration Grazing and Native Grasses
Clay Coppedge
DTN/The Progressive Farmer
Dalton Merz was born in one drought and retired in another one. It’s what happened in the middle that helped him become a range conservationist, now using everything he once spent his days teaching others on his own living demonstration farm.
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Mark Parker: The Top 10 benefits of being a lousy cattleman
FarmTalk
10. There’s a lot of sentimental value to a herd sire you raised on a bucket.
9. It’s less likely for cows with no teeth to over-graze a pasture.
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Success: For Scott Mueller, it all started with the cattle
Terry Anderson
Midwest Producer
No matter the venture, Scott Mueller’s successes all look back at where it all started: raising beef. "Cattle have always been the basis for whatever field we get into," said the Columbus entrepreneur. "Whether it’s working with cow/calf or retained ownership or identifying cows, risk services or composting, they all go back to the feedlot and services surrounding that."
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Seven spring suggestions to set up calves for top performance
Kevin Hill
Bovine Veterinarian
In the cow/calf business, fall profits depend heavily on decisions producers make in the spring for both cows and calves. Keeping calves healthy and prepared for top marketing programs, as well as getting cows rebred, are universal keys to ranching success.
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Bovine Practitioners offer drug use guidelines for dairy, beef cattle
Beef Producer
The American Association of Bovine Practitioners has released its new drug use guideline document to assist beef and dairy livestock veterinarians in guiding appropriate, effective and legal drug use on cattle operations.
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