– Jessica A. Williamson, Ph.D., Extension Forage Specialist, Penn State Storage losses of uncovered hay can be upwards of 30%! On most livestock operations, the greatest operational cost is stored and harvested feed, so it only makes sense that striving to reduce storage and feeding losses of harvested feeds as much as possible can help [...]
By the start of 2020, the major beef cattle processors have requested that any livestock hauler delivering cattle to their facilities be certified in Beef Quality Assurance – Transportation (BQAT). Any professional hauler or farmer delivering loads of cattle directly to a processor should plan on participating in BQAT training and certification prior to delivering [...]
Assessing the performance of a feedlot involves more than simply looking at the efficiencies in producing beef. In this presentation Dr. Steve Boyles, OSU Extension Beef Specialist, discusses all that’s involved in a feedlot assessment.
Beef 509 is the result of a partnership with the Ohio Beef Council, Ohio Cattlemen’s Foundation, The Ohio State University Extension and The Ohio State University Department of Animal Sciences The Ohio Beef Council (OBC) will hold its Beef 509 educational event at The Ohio State University. The Beef 509 program is held to raise [...]
Fall planted cereal rye and turnips are great feed, if we can graze them . . . I walked across some pastures on the last day of November and shook my head as water splashed up from my gum boots and splattered my pants. I was honestly hoping that this winter wouldn’t be anything like [...]
– Matthew Diersen, Risk & Business Management Specialist, Ness School of Management & Economics, South Dakota State University At a recent producer meeting, people were talking about mandatory livestock price reporting in the broader context of fed cattle marketing. South Dakota has enough fed cattle to be reported in cattle on feed statistics. The large [...]
– John F. Grimes, OCA Replacement Female Sale Manager 93 lots of bred heifers, bred cows, and a cow-calf pair averaged $1382 The Ohio Cattlemen’s Association (OCA) held their seventh annual Replacement Female Sale on November 29 at the Muskingum Livestock Auction Company in Zanesville, Ohio. A large crowd was on hand to bid on [...]
– Rory Lewandowski, OSU Extension Agriculture & Natural Resources Educator, Wayne County I have received several phone calls recently where the caller describes their hay; date baled, whether or not it got rained on before baling, general appearance, and sometimes smell. The question is how to best use this hay, is it suitable for horses [...]
– Christine Gelley, Ohio State University Agriculture and Natural Resources Extension Educator, Noble County The benefits of utilizing cover crops in both grazing and agronomic crop production are numerous. However, each cover crop system is unique. There is no blanket “yes” or “no” answer to the question- Do cover crops need fertilizer? Incorporating Cover Crops [...]
– Clif Little, OSU Extension, Guernsey county Forage can provide most of the nutritional requirements of a beef herd during the fall and winter months. The challenge becomes the management of supplemental energy and protein due to low quality hay. Several options available to the cow-calf producer for the management of forage and supplement are [...]
