2010 Beef Cattle Report
Agricultural Research Division
University of Nebraska Extension
Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
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Table of Contents
Cow/Calf
- Effect of Calving Season and Wintering System on Cow Performance
- Extending Grazing in Heifer Development Systems Decreases Cost Without Compromising Production
- Post Weaning Management of Heifer Calves Impacts ADG and Feed Efficiency as Pregnant Heifers
- Estrous Synchronization Increases Early Calving Frequency, Which Enhances Steer Progeny Value
- Reproductive Aging Influences Ovarian Function in Beef Cows
- Comparison of Feeding Wet Distillers Grains in a Bunk or on the Ground to Cattle Grazing Native Sandhills Winter Range
- Supplementing Wet Distillers Grains Mixed with Low Quality Forage to Grazing Cow/Calf Pairs
- Evaluation of Storage Covers When Wet Distillers Byproducts Are Mixed and Stored with Forages
- Genetic Analysis of Mature Size in American Angus Cattle
- Factors Associated with Feed Intake of Angus Steers
- Genetic and Phenotypic Parameter Estimates for Feed Intake and Other Traits in Growing Beef Cattle
Growing
- Plant and Animal Responses to Grazing Systems in the Nebraska Sandhills
- Supplementing Modified Wet Distillers Grains with Solubles to Long Yearling Steers Grazing Native Range
- Supplementing Dried Distillers Grains to Steers Grazing Cool Season Meadow
- Supplementing Dried Distillers Grains to Growing Calves on Smooth Bromegrass Pastures
- Forage Quality and Grazing Performance of Beef Cattle Grazing Brown Midrib Grain Sorghum Residue
- Comparing Ensiled or Fresh Mixed Wet Distillers Grains with Solubles with Straw at Two Inclusions in Growing Calf Diets
- Comparing the Energy Value of Wet Distillers Grains to Dry Rolled Corn in High Forage Diets
- Effects of Time of Transporting Prior to Sale Date on Selling Weight of Weaned Steer Calves
Finishing
- Determinants of Profit Variability in Calf-Fed and Yearling Production Systems
- Routine Hedging of Fed Cattle Sales Price for Calf-Fed and Yearling Production Systems
- Routine Hedging of Corn Price for Calf-Fed and Yearling Production Systems
- Distillers Grains and Livestock Are Important to Ethanol Energy and Greenhouse Gas Balance
- The Economic Impact of Feeding Wet Corn Co-Products in Nebraska
- Update: Meta-Analysis of UNL Feedlot Trials Replacing Corn With WDGS
- Evaluation of Feedlot and Carcass Performance of Steers Fed Different Levels of E-Corn, a Potential New Feed Product from Ethanol Plants
- Effects of Using Wet Distillers Grains with Solubles to Adapt Cattle to Finishing Diets on Feed Intake, Ruminal pH, and Ruminal Hydrogen Sulfide Concentration
- Relating Hydrogen Sulfide Levels to Polioencephalomalacia
- Feeding Fiber from Wet Corn Gluten Feed and Corn Silage in Feedlot Diets Containing Wet Distillers Grains Plus Solubles
- Fiber Digestibility and Rumen pH for Diets Containing Wet Corn Gluten Feed or Wet Distillers Grains with Solubles
- Metabolism Characteristics of Feedlot Diets Containing Different Fat Sources
- Lipid and NDF Analysis of Ethanol Byproduct Feedstuffs
- Evaluation of a New Single Implant Strategy vs. Two Common Implant Strategies in Beef Finishing Steers
- Comparison of Revalor-XS vs. Two Common Implant Strategies in Finishing Steers
- Comparison of Revalor XS to a Revalor IS and Revalor S Implant Strategy in Finishing Steers
- Vaccination to Reduce the Prevalence of Escherichia Coli O157:H7 in Feedlot Cattle Fed Wet Distillers Grains Plus Solubles
- Evaluation of ProTernative Stress Formula and ProTernative Continuous Fed Formula in a High Energy Feedlot Diet
- Tympanic Temperature of Steers Fed Different Levels of Metabolic Energy Intake During Summer and Winter
- Tympanic Temperature Profiles of Confined Beef Cattle
- Relationship of Metabolizable Protein Balance, Purine Derivative Excretion, and 3-Methyl Histidine Excretion to Feed Efficiency in Individually Fed Finishing Heifers
Beef Products
- Fatty Acid Profile of Beef from Steers Fed Wet Distillers Grains Plus Solubles (WdgsDGS) and Vitamin E
- Effects of Feeding Wet Distillers Grains Plus Solubles and Vitamin E on Beef Tenderness and Color Under Different Packaging Systems
- Wet Distillers Grains Diets Supplemented with Vitamin E Affect Sensory Attributes of Beef m. longissimus lumborum
- Wet Distillers Grains Diets Supplemented with Vitamin E Alter the Mineral Composition of Beef m. longissimums lumborum and m. psoas major
- Sensory Attributes of Beef from Steers Fed Field Peas
- Intramuscular Tenderness Mapping and Muscle Fiber Directions of Small Muscles in the Beef Round
- Alternative Muscles for Traditional Japanese and Korean Beef Recipes
- Steak-Quality Meat from the Beef Heel
- Acid Marination for Tenderness Enhancement of the Beef Bottom Round
- Multiple Antimicrobial Interventions for the Control of Escherichia Coli O157:H7 in Very Small Beef Processing Facilities
Statistics Used in the Nebraska Beef Report and Their Purpose