Testing Forages for Quality Makes Cents
Forages are the primary energy source for beef cows. From a forage standpoint, as plants mature, fiber increases. Fiber is less digestible than other plant parts and fiber digestibility declines as plants mature. [November 18]

The Impact of Dressing Percent on Cull Cow Marketing
Cull cows that are destined to be go to the packing house are graded by their fleshiness. [November 06]

Protein Supplementation to Cows Grazing Corn Stalks
The most common crop residue grazed by beef cows is corn stalks. The question arises, what kind of response should be expected if gestating cows are supplemented. [October 30]

Coccidosis in the Fall
A variety of clinical neurological syndromes exists in stocker and feeder cattle. Causes may be infectious, nutritional/metabolic, or toxins. [October 27]

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Have read that barley fed to beef cattle results in more flavorful beef. As corn is generally used, is there any truth to feeding barley over corn for better product flavor?

Normally a bull can handle about 25 cows. So if he is used to "clean up" after AI and one figures 50% of the AId cattle will take. Can one double the number of cows you put with the bull to 50?

Can I limit feed dried distillers grains by adding salt and feeding through a creep feeder? My goal would be to use the dried distillers as a protein supplement.

Have a pasture with a lot of Johnsongrass. How soon after a freeze is it safe to graze Johnsongrass?

We just started using some of the wet byproducts we are uncertain how to mix should we take in consideration the moster example we are feeding 1800 lb of good qaulity grass hay to 1800 lb of wetcorn bran we think that's 1:1 ratio of hay to wet corn bran.

I am a veterinary student and we are discussing a case involving a black angus bull getting loose and inpregnating some of the purebred herefords. The owners furious because they were going to have a black baldy calf. Everything I've seen shows that tha ...

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