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Be Ready to Reduce Heat Stress in Cattle this Summer

Be Ready to Reduce Heat Stress in Cattle this Summer

There is no question that heat stress can negatively impact animal performance.  For feedlot cattle heat stress reduces daily gains, negatively impacts feed efficiency and can lower dressing percent.  Cow-calf producers could expect greater embryonic loss in the first few weeks after conception due to heat stress.  High temperatures could also impact semen quality in […]

Three Stages of Bovine Parturition

Three Stages of Bovine Parturition

There are three stages to the birthing process, or parturition: dilation of the cervix, delivery of the calf, and delivery of the placenta. Knowing the normal birth process will help you decide whether or not to intervene.

Planning Ahead for Newborn Calf Processing

Planning Ahead for Newborn Calf Processing

During the dark and cold of winter, it can be uplifting to think about the new season just around the corner. Spring represents new growth and renewal. The same is true of calving season for our beef operations. While in practice our beef calving seasons vary greatly in timing from farm to farm, it’s always […]

Selecting your Replacement Heifers to Meet Long-term Herd Goals

Selecting your Replacement Heifers to Meet Long-term Herd Goals

As the seasons come and go, the production cycle of the beef herd also changes. Cows calve, calves grow, and replacement heifers are selected. Selecting replacement heifers using production records, herd goals, and available resources can ensure the correct females are staying in the production system.

Look at all costs, not just daily feed cost, when evaluating feedlot rations

Look at all costs, not just daily feed cost, when evaluating feedlot rations

Evaluating different rations and scenarios as prices and situations change to optimize profits using the resources the farm has available is time well spent. When doing so, it is critical to look at all costs impacted by any ration changes, not just ration cost per ton or feed cost per day, to assess costs and returns accurately.

When to Cull Bulls

When to Cull Bulls

It is common practice this time of year to evaluate our cows to make culling decisions, but this is also a good time to evaluate our bulls to determine which sires we are going to feed through the winter and which have come to the end of their genetic contribution to the operation. Bulls, much […]

Comprensión de los resúmenes de sementales para carne

Comprensión de los resúmenes de sementales para carne

La selección de un toro de un hato es una de las decisiones más importantes que debe tomar un productor. La decisión de seleccionar qué toro para aparear con cada vaca o vaquilla tiene efectos genéticos duraderos en el hato.

The Costs of “Roughing the Cows though the Winter”

The Costs of “Roughing the Cows though the Winter”

When visiting farmers with beef cow-calf enterprises during times when feed prices are high, or hay is in short supply, a few will usually make a comment about roughing the cows through the winter. “Roughing the cows through” usually means that the cows must “make do” with the feed on hand or that which can […]

Bunk Management Considerations

Bunk Management Considerations

When grain prices are high, there is usually an increase in inquiries from cattle feeders looking for ways to cut production costs. The ration is typically the first place many feeders look for change. Assessing current bunk management practices for adherence to protocol, or implementing changes to improve feed efficiency and reduce waste is another area for consideration.

Understanding Beef Sire Summaries

Understanding Beef Sire Summaries

The decision of selecting what bull to mate to each cow or heifer has long lasting genetics effects in the herd. Sire summaries provide information on traits that are economically important to cattle producers. Expected Progeny Differences (EPDs) predict the genetic potential of future offspring of a particular bull, cow or heifer.

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