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What Determines the Amount of Feed Consumed Daily by a Cow
There are a number of different factors that determine the daily intake of a cow. The primary factors are cow weight, forage or diet quality, and stage of production.
Author: Dr. Rick Rasby, Professor of Animal Science
Date published: Nov-03-06
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Impact of Cow Size on Nutrient Needs
Nutrient needs for cows of different body weights are not the same.
Author: Dr. Rick Rasby, Professor of Animal Science
Date published: Nov-09-06
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Impact of Level of Milk Production on Nutrient Needs
Managing for milk level in your cow herd is kind-of like determining whether the porridge is too cold, too hot, or just right.
Author: Dr. Rick Rasby, Professor of Animal Science
Date published: Nov-10-06
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INTERPRETING RFV OF GRASS HAY
Have you ever tested the quality of your grass hay and been disappointed at the low RFV and yet animals fed your hay did just fine?
Author: Dr. Bruce Anderson, Professor of Agronomy
Date published: Nov-20-06
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DORMANT PLANTING GRASSES AND LEGUMES
Okay folks, get your drills out. It's planting season again! Wait a minute you say? It's late November! How can this be planting season?
Author: Dr. Bruce Anderson, Professor of Agronomy
Date published: Nov-28-06
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Effect of Corn Test Weight on Feedlot Performance and Carcass Characteristics
North Dakota State Univ. scientists allotted 144 crossbred steers (985 lb) to one of three dietary treatments: 1) heavy test wt. corn (53.7 lb/bu; HTC); 2) medium test wt. corn (46.9 lb/bu; MTC); 3) low test wt. corn (39.1 lb/bu; LTC).
Author: Dr. Rick Rasby, Professor of Animal Science
Date published: Nov-30-06
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Relationship of GeneSTAR Marbling Marker to IMF Deposition and EPD for Marbling
Univ. of Illinois researchers used a total of 192 early weaned Simmental steers to evaluate the relationship of the GeneSTAR marker for marbling to intramuscular fat (IMF) deposition and the expected progeny difference (EPD) for marbling.
Author: Dr. Rick Rasby, Professor of Animal Science
Date published: Dec-01-06
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Milk EPD an Accurate Indicator of Milk Production and Calf Performance
In a long-term study, Oklahoma State Univ. researchers mated crossbred cows to Angus or Hereford bulls that were either very high or very low for milk expected progeny differences (EPDs).
Author: Dr. Rick Rasby, Professor of Animal Science
Date published: Dec-04-06
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Genetic Analysis of Preweaning Gain of the Calf, and Milk Production and Udder Quality of the Dam
USDA scientists at the Miles City, Montana Range Research Laboratory used a large data set from their Line 1 Hereford population to evaluate genetic relationships between preweaning calf gain, milk production, and udder score.
Author: Dr. Rick Rasby, Professor of Animal Science
Date published: Dec-05-06
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Cow Costs Are Up
According to its annual survey, Cattle-Fax® reported that the average annual cash cost to carry a beef cow increased by $36/head, from $315 in 2004 to $351 in 2005.
Author: Dr. Rick Rasby, Professor of Animal Science
Date published: Dec-08-06
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