– Al Gahler, OSU Extension Educator, Sandusky County (originally published in the Ohio Cattleman, late fall 2017 issue) Color is seldom an accurate indication of hay quality! Across most of Ohio, 2017 has been a challenging crop year, especially for those in the hay production business. In 2016, while most producers did not have significant [...]
– Mark Landefeld, OSU Extension Educator, Ag/NR Monroe County (previously published in Farm & Dairy) At this time of year many cow-calf operators are weaning/selling calves and determining which, if any, cows are going to be culled and sent to market. The sale of cull cows can be a significant source of cash flow for [...]
– Glen Arnold, CCA, Field Specialist, Manure Nutrient Management Cover crops can recapture nutrients in livestock manure and keep these nutrients from escaping. (oats and rapeseed in this photo) Fall manure application is underway across the state. Livestock producers and commercial manure applicators are applying manure to fields following corn silage harvest and will soon [...]
– David P. Anderson, Professor and Extension Economist, Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University Feedlot placements bucked seasonal trends in July by declining, but rebounded in August according to USDA’s Cattle on Feed Report. Placements were reported up 2.6 percent over a year ago. The 1.928 million head placed were the most for an [...]
– Chris Penrose,OSU Extension Educator, Morgan County Buckeyes possess the toxin aesculin and possibly alkaloids. Last week when I was checking my cows, one was resting peacefully down in a ravine and for some reason I decided to get her to move. That’s when I realized something was really wrong. She got up but had [...]
Dr. Jeff Lehmkuhler, Associate Beef Extension Professor, University of Kentucky Discussions on the potential to expand exports to China are continuing. The optimists will see this as a means to add value to feeders sold to feedyards in response to increase beef demand. The actual impact of this foreign market on the cow-calf operator is [...]
– Jessica A. Williamson, Ph.D., Extension Forage Specialist, Penn State University Fall pasture growth often provides additional opportunity for grazing livestock; however, careful management of pastures is essential for the over-wintering of forages and improvement into the next growing season. A dry end to our summer has stunted fall pasture regrowth dramatically, but as rains [...]
– Dr. Roy Burris, Beef Extension Professor, University of Kentucky Kentucky is a major feeder calf producing state but our calves are generally shipped to other parts of the country where they are “finished”. Feedlots are generally about a 1,000 miles from our farms and calves are sometimes “weaned” on trucks and might even be [...]
by IBBA Member Relations Specialist Tullina Wilson Retaining ownership of cattle through the harvest phase can be scary for a cow-calf producer. There is additional risk taken when owning calves beyond the weaning endpoint into the feedlot phase and finally to the packing plant. These risks include potential sickness, death loss, poor growth, inadequate [...]
