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Storing Wet and Modified Distillers Grains
By: Warren Rusche, SDSU Extension Beef Feedlot Management Associate – 7/15/19
One of the primary challenges for livestock producers in the coming months could very well be feedstuff cost and availability due to the fact that the corn planted acreage… Continue reading
Healing the Mess: Early Season Pasture Management
By : Chris Penrose, OSU Extension Educator, Agriculture and Natural Resources, Morgan County (originally published in the Ohio Cattleman, Expo issue)
This exhibits what seemed to be the rule rather than the exception last winter. Photo: Landefeld
Realized Reproductive Rate is an Important Production Calculation in a Cow-Calf Enterprise
By Aaron Berger, Nebraska Extension Educator –
When evaluating a cow-calf enterprise, one of the foundational productivity measures to understand and calculate is the realized reproductive rate. The realized reproductive rate is the percentage of calves weaned from cows that… Continue reading
BeefTalk: Crossbreeding, or Should We Say Effective Breeding Systems
By: Kris Ringwall, Beef Specialist
Herd size and fence are determining factors when bull selection is used, at least when the concepts of crossbreeding and breeding systems are discussed.
If the goal is to excel in calf growth and maintain… Continue reading
Did you know… Too much milk or too much cow?
By: Larry Corah, for Certified Angus Beef LLC
It’s the expansion phase for the North American beef cow herd. For most farmers and ranchers, that means finding ways to increase the number of cows rather than the size of each.… Continue reading
Managing beef cow margins: grazing cost
By: Derrell S, Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension Livestock Marketing Specialist
Cow-calf revenues have decreased dramatically in the past few months and are expected to remain lower for the next couple of years. Producers must focus more attention on… Continue reading
- Range Beef Cow Symposium Registration November 18, 2019
- LEADING-EDGE TOPICS AT AMERICAN SIMMENTAL ASSOCIATION’S FALL FOCUS August 23, 2019
- SDSU Extension Offers Feedlot Shortcourse, BQA Transportation Training Opportunities August 13, 2019
- 2019 Feedlot Shortcourse and BQA Transportation Training @ Brookings August 13, 2019
- Northwest Manure Compost Demo Day Set August 7, 2019
- Texas A&M Beef Cattle Short Course set for Aug. 5-7 in College Station August 5, 2019
- SDSU Extension will Host Cattle AI School in Philip July 23, 2019
- AgriLife Extension organizing Grass Grazing and Animal Management School February 20, 2019