– 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 [...]
– Christine Gelley, Agriculture and Natural Resources Educator, Noble County OSU Extension (This article was originally published by Progressive Forage magazine) Mice can find any number of comfortable places to nest! Photo: Keegan Gelley The damage that a little mouse can do to electrical systems may have great impacts on the functionality of farm equipment. [...]
– James Mitchell, Livestock Marketing Specialist, University of Arkansas As the fall concludes, livestock market analysts have been closely following feeder cattle markets. This time of year corresponds to when most spring-born, fall-weaned calves are sold. In last week’s Cattle Market Notes, Dr. Kenny Burdine made several important points about the November cattle on feed [...]
– Dr. Andrew Griffith, Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Tennessee A question was asked a couple of weeks ago concerning if now was a good time to put cattle in the feedlot. This is a question that should be asked frequently, because it is a difficult question to answer with [...]
– David P. Anderson, Professor and Extension Economist, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service After all 2020’s curve balls, here we are with 4 weeks left in the year and total beef production is almost the same amount as last year at this time. Through the week ending December 5th, 25.08 billion pounds of beef have [...]
– Steve Boyles, OSU Beef Extension Specialist Feeding a balanced diet to beef females in the last trimester of pregnancy through the breeding season is critical. Nutritional demands increase from early gestation to lactation. Reproduction has low priority among partitioning of nutrients for the subsequent pregnancy. Consequently, thin cows at calving typically remain thin because [...]
– Tim McDermott DVM, OSU Extension Educator, Franklin County (originally published in Farm and Dairy) The Gulf Coast tick has a very long history of impacting the livestock industry in the US. Right now you are probably getting tired of hearing from me about new tick species and the diseases and potential allergies they vector to producers, [...]
– Victor Shelton, NRCS State Agronomist/Grazing Specialist Winter; time to catch up on reading and sharpening the pencil and mind. I often talk about upcoming grazing conferences this time of year. Right now, meetings in person are scarce and perhaps rightly so. I still encourage you to continue learning whether it’s from watching YouTube videos, [...]
– Elliott Dennis, Assistant Professor & Livestock Extension Economist, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nebraska – Lincoln Concern about packing concentration has led to numerous requests for USDA to investigate the potential connection between packet concentration and depressed cattle prices. These calls for investigations and concerns about meatpacking concentration and impact on cattle prices [...]
– Steve Boyles, OSU Beef Extension Specialist Net calf crop or number of calves weaned per cow exposed is an important calculation for commercial cow-calf producers. A 9-point system is commonly used to condition score beef cows. The importance of body condition at calving on subsequent reproductive performance has been documented extensively. Cows should have [...]
