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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

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Posted in Management | Tagged cost, damage, design, feeding area, grazing, mud, pad, pasture, perennial, plant, reseeding, soil, stockpile

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 →

Posted in Cow/Calf Corner | Tagged aborted, breeding, calf crop, cost, pregnancy, productivity, weaned

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 →

Posted in Cow/Calf Corner | Tagged breeding, calf, carcass, cost, crossbreeding, growth, system

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 →

Posted in Cow/Calf Corner | Tagged commercial, cost, cow, dietary guidelines, milk, size

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 →

Posted in Cow/Calf Corner | Tagged calf, cost, cow, forage, grazing, margin, revenue

Fighting Winter Wheat Bloat

By: Terri Queck-Matzie

“The hardest part about winter pasture wheat bloat is not knowing when you’re going to have it,” says Brian Fieser. As a beef nutritionist for ADM, he’s witnessed the deceptive problem first-hand. “I can get a call… Continue reading →

Posted in Stocker Special | Tagged bloat, cost, mineral, paster, wheat, winter