– Dr. Michelle Arnold, UK Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Bovine Respiratory Disease (BRD) results from the mixture of host (calf) susceptibility, pathogens (viral and bacterial) and the environment to cause disease. Mannheimia haemolytica, Pasteurella multocida, Histophilus somni and Mycoplasma bovis, the most common bacteria in bovine bronchopneumonia, are opportunists that get in the lungs when the [...]
– Kirsten Nickles, Dr. Alejandro Relling and Dr. Anthony Parker, the Ohio State University Animal Science Department Since the mid 1990’s, Ohio has experienced an increase in the number of precipitation events greater than 2 inches (Frankson and Kunkel, 2017), with winter rainfall increasing and snowfall decreasing (Hayhoe et al., 2010). Winter and spring precipitation [...]
Designing good winter feeding programs for ruminant livestock requires an understanding of both animal nutritional requirements and hay quality. The longevity of hay quality retention is dependent on factors determined on the day of hay harvest and the days following in storage. In this episode of Forage Focus, Christine Gelley- ANR Educator in Noble County, [...]
– Garth Ruff, Beef Cattle Field Specialist, OSU Extension Dr. Kenny Burdine, Extension livestock economist at the University of Kentucky, will focus on beef cattle market outlook for 2021. What a year 2020 has been. Are you looking to improve herd efficiency and profitability to weather the storm? Look no further than the slate of [...]
Application deadline for the Northern Bobwhite n Grasslands EQIP project in 30 Ohio counties is January 15, 2021 If you think livestock and quail don’t mix, a type of managed grazing may change your mind. USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is accepting applications for a program that focuses on establishing productive warm season forages [...]
– Josh Maples, Assistant Professor & Extension Economist, Department of Agricultural Economics, Mississippi State University This year has shown some pretty large shifts from normal for every sector of the cattle industry. The number of feeder and stocker cattle auction receipts are no exception. The USDA-AMS weekly estimates of feeder and stocker cattle sold at [...]
– Jeff Lehmkuhler, PhD, PAS, Associate Extension Professor My forage colleagues and I seem to get bombarded with questions on forage quality and interpreting forage test results this time of year. The timing coincides with folks starting to feed hay and looking at developing supplementation programs for the cattle receiving the forage. Getting the forage [...]
Beef Column: Colostrum is a great source of energy, vitamins, white blood cells and growth factors for all types of calves.
University of Kentucky’s Dr. VanValin discusses minimizing hay feeding losses and improving efficiency of hay feeding programs in this 3 minute “Beef Minutes” video.
– Chris Teutsch, Associate Extension Professor, UK Grain and Forage Center of Excellence Figure 1. Strip grazing stockpiled grass can extending grazing by as much as 40%. Stockpiled tall fescue is in the most economical way feed cows during the winter months. Once stockpiled growth has accumulated, how you choose to utilize it can dramatically [...]
