– John F. Grimes, OCA Replacement Female Sale Manager 84 quality replacement females sell this Friday, November 27 This is the final reminder to attend the eighth annual Ohio Cattlemen’s Association Replacement Female Sale. The sale will be held this Friday, November 27, at the Muskingum Livestock facility located at 944 Malinda Street in Zanesville [...]
In this month’s Grazing Management Minute, ODA’s Grazing Specialist, Cody Hacker, talks about the importance of planning and preparing for winter feeding and care.
– Steve Boyles, OSU Beef Extension Specialist Young-bred heifers and young cows that have just weaned their first calf should be fed separately from the mature cows in the herd. The young animals are smaller, still growing, and are replacing their temporary teeth. They may be pushed away from feed by cows in their prime [...]
– Dr. Andrew Griffith, Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Tennessee FED CATTLE: Fed cattle traded steady com-pared to last week on a live basis. Prices on a live basis were primarily $108 to $110 while dressed prices were mainly $170 to $172. The 5-area weighted average prices thru Thursday were [...]
– Stephen R. Koontz, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Colorado State University Feed grain and oilseed prices have undergone some dramatic changes over the past couple of months. These changes are indicative of changes to underlying fundamentals in those markets and will impact the value of feeder cattle and calf prices well into next [...]
– Chris Penrose, Extension Educator, Morgan County (originally published in Farm and Dairy) Would placing water in strategic locations improve your pasture management? Well, the growing season may be over but the grazing season may not. My whole career I have heard many talking about how long the grazing rotation should be: maybe 14 days [...]
– Dr. Katie VanValin, Assistant Extension Professor, University of Kentucky This year has held a lot of “firsts” for me, including my first calving season at the UKREC in Princeton, KY. Our beef herd is comprised of 150 fall calving cows. We are now at the very tail end of our calving season, however early [...]
In this short video made in early November, Jason Hartschuh and Amanda Douridas share the fall growth on August seeded cover crops at Farm Science Review, and discuss the benefits of using cover crops on your farm.
– Erika Lyon, Agriculture & Natural Resources Educator, Ohio State University Extension Reports from the field suggest that vomitoxin may be highest near tree lines around the perimeter of corn fields. Figure 1. Gibberella ear rot. Photo by the Department of Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Bugwood.org High vomitoxin levels are leading to the [...]
– Josh Maples, Assistant Professor & Extension Economist, Department of Agricultural Economics, Mississippi State University The latest monthly trade data were released by the USDA Economic Research Service last week. The September data continued to show adjustments from the beef production and beef price changes earlier in the year as well as the impacts of [...]
