As with many questions, the answer is: “It depends.” We start our investigation to understand what it depends on by looking at two hypothetical but realistic employees.

Beef and dairy cattle have steadily grown larger for the last 30 years, thanks to improved genetics and nutrition. This sounds like great progress, but bruising in finished cattle causes a substantial $35 million loss to the beef industry annually.

You, as a beef producer, never want to receive a phone call that one of your beef carcasses has drug residues and is not fit for human consumption. That call implies the producer did not read the label correctly, overdosed the animal or did not comply with the required withdrawal time.

When Roy McCallister arrived on the scene of a major traffic accident involving 90 head of feeder calves, his Bovine Emergency Response Plan (BERP) training immediately kicked in.

It’s that time of year again when cattle are itching to graze fresh new pastures and young calves have a newfound freedom running through green grass.

Regardless of where the markets are at, considering the economic impact of incorporating a creep feed into your management might be the difference between getting ahead and leaving money on the table.

What’s the most important part of your mineral program? It may not be the brand or the formulation – but rather how you manage it. The perfect mineral supplement probably does not exist, albeit the benefit of a good mineral program is well established, even if not fully understood.

Bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon) is an important forage and hay crop grown primarily in the southeastern and southern Great Plains regions, although it occurs in other areas of the U.S. and world. It was introduced from Africa into the U.S. in 1751.

The selenium issue is a little like professional baseball – every year brings new developments, it’s a source of avid discussion and people rely on statistics to support whatever opinion they currently espouse.

In 2016, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine released the eighth revised edition of the Nutrient Requirements of Beef Cattle. This publication reviews the peer-reviewed scientific literature, establishes the nutrient requirements of beef cattle, identifies areas of needed research and serves as a guide to beef cattle nutritionists.