Are High Milk Producing Beef Cows a Good Investment?
This article comes to us from Travis Mulliniks, UNL Beef Cattle Nutritionist, Range Production Systems. Thanks, Travis! Listen to a discussion of the content in this article on this episode of the BeefWatch podcast. Subscribe to new episodes in iTunes or paste http://feeds.feedburner.com/unlbeefwatch into your podcast app. In an effort to increase beef production, […]
Read More →When Is a Pasture-Raised Beef Cow/Steer “Finished?”
A guide on pasture-based beef finishing published by the University of Kentucky covers the challenges producers might face, from growing suitable pasture to bringing animals to a finished weight, to working with a processor, and finally, most importantly, finding customers. In this excerpt, Greg Halich, Jeff Lehmkuhler, Ray Smith and Fred Martz show how to […]
Read More →What Happens to Pregnancy Rates and Calf Survival With Changes in Calving Season?
A four year study of ranchers in Western Canada indicates that shifting from winter calving to spring calving increases cow pregnancy rates and calf survival. Due to market pressures, Canada’s cow-calf sector has consolidated into fewer, larger herds and producers have begun calving later, and in pasture, to avoid increases in labor, equipment and facilities […]
Read More →Wean Early to Prep Thin Cows for Winter Weather
After weaning and prior to winter can be one of the most economical times to improve the body condition score (BCS) of a spring-calving cow.
Read More →Manure Scoring – What Comes Out Tells You What Went In and What to Change
Thanks to Robert Wells and the Noble Research Institute for this article. Winter is just a few pages away on the calendar. Along with the change in season, and forages entering dormancy, comes the need to pay closer attention to your feeding strategy to ensure cows do not lose body condition. The perennial question of […]
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