– Brenda Boetel, Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Wisconsin-River Falls The United States Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (USDA, NASS) released their monthly Cattle on Feed report on Friday January 26, 2018. The latest numbers released by the USDA were neutral in numbers of cattle on feed, total numbers of placements [...]
Michelle Arnold, DVM (Ruminant Extension Veterinarian, UKVDL), University of Kentucky (A special thanks to Dr. Jeff Lehmkuhler, UK Beef Extension Specialist, for his valuable input and comments in the development of this article.) Ionophores have been used for many years in the beef and poultry industries for improved feed efficiency and control of coccidiosis. Generally, [...]
– Glenn Selk, Oklahoma State University Emeritus Extension Animal Scientist Before the spring calving season commences, now is the time to put together and post a protocol for family members and hired employees to follow when they find a cow or heifer starting in the process of calving. An issue facing the rancher at calving [...]
– Dr. Roy Burris, Beef Extension Professor, University of Kentucky I’ve been thinking about a second career after my retirement from U.K. It should be something different than what I presently do but something which will also allow me to draw on my experience with beef cattle. I’ve got it! I’ll run a training camp [...]
Dr. Les Anderson, Beef Extension Specialist, University of Kentucky The first of January is an important “check-point” in spring heifer development programs. The key to proper heifer development lies in understanding the factors that influence conception in yearling heifers. One key factor regulating heifer fertility is age at puberty. Most producers don’t consider age at [...]
Dean Kreager, OSU Extension AgNR Educator, Licking County (this article originally published in Farm & Dairy) New Year’s Day has come and gone, as have some of our New Year’s resolutions: eat less junk food, go to the gym more often, lose weight, and the list goes on. I hope our pasture management goals for [...]
Derrell Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension Cow-calf producers use a variety of efficiency measures to help manage production systems. Many of these are technical efficiencies that capture physical measures of output and input use and range from very specific measures to more broad-based values that incorporate a range of production components. For example, pregnancy percentage [...]
– Jeff Fisher, OSU Extension Educator, Pike County and Stan Smith, OSU Extension PA, Fairfield County Even reported “book” values for crude protein in corn vary by as much as 3% Since the completion of fall harvest it seems concerns and questions have been circulating throughout Ohio regarding varying levels of protein content in corn. [...]
– Clif Little, OSU Extension Guernsey County Participants will learn techniques for artificial insemination, semen handling, reproductive anatomy and physiology, and will practice inseminating cattle. Ohio State University and the OSU Eastern Agriculture Research Station (EARS) in Belle Valley will be offering beef cattle artificial insemination (A.I.) school May 1, 2 and 3. Classes will [...]
– Derrell S. Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension Livestock Marketing Specialist Continued growth in beef production in 2018 is likely to pressure cattle and beef prices. Cattle producers have a number of economic conditions to watch that will indicate the impact of factors they cannot control and that will have implications for those factors they [...]
