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Producing and raising calves is a very important aspect of managing a cow-calf operation. The number of calves weaned and sold relative to the number of cows in the herd determine the success and profitability of a ranch.
Nebraska is cattle country. Doesn’t matter where you go within its borders; it’s cattle country. Feedlots line the highways, separated only by corn fields and rolling sandhills of prairie grass.
Damaged, rained-on hay. Nearly everyone has to feed it sometime. How should your feeding practices be adjusted, though, to account for any damage caused by the rain?
Our world continues to change at an increasing rate. The goal of this article is to identify challenges and opportunities facing agriculture and their impacts on your leadership and management of your beef production business.
During the course of the year, the U.S. Drought Monitor indicated drought conditions in many parts of the U.S. California, one of the most extremely impacted states, is still categorized as “D4 Exception Drought.” Portions of Texas and Oklahoma, home to approximately 17 percent of all cattle and calves in the U.S., faced difficult weather conditions in the earlier part of the year.
Now that Republicans control the Senate, the question arises whether this will result in tax reform or at least impact how the IRS conducts its business.
Top aides to the president have made the IRS hostile turf to honest taxpayers.
Recent research has demonstrated the effectiveness of high-fat diets for horses. Although such diets may be bad for humans, fat is an important, safe and efficient energy source for horses. This article will clarify how to take advantage of recent research findings on high-fat diets.
Calving assistance errors are an important cause of dystocia-related injury resulting lameness in calves and cows, but by understanding the pelvic anatomy of both the cow and calf and what constitutes reasonable limits on extraction forces, many of these problems can be prevented.
“I’ve never seen so many Bentley cars at one stoplight as I have in China.”
That observation by Tom Seitz characterizes the burgeoning economic growth currently unfolding in China.
“As we continue to do PAP testing, there are also research groups here at CSU and at Vanderbilt University in Tennessee who continue to look at genetic aspects,” Dr. Tim Holt says. “This is promising, and we hope to be able to use a blood test in the near future to check for genetic susceptibility."
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