Winter is close at hand and soon, we will ask the question: “How much supplement will I need?” This is not a question to be treated lightly.

Likely one of the oldest byproduct feeds for livestock, brewers grains are used in all segments of cattle production as a highly digestible protein and energy source.

Feedlots depend on pen riders to move cattle, monitor them for health issues and ease one out of a pen without stressing it or the other cattle. Pen riders can also reduce the stress level in a pen of cattle.

Increasing numbers of fed cattle are marketed using grid-based pricing systems where premiums and discounts are paid based on USDA quality and yield grades.

While the process of identifying bulls that fit your program and going to bull sales can be enjoyable, it must be completed by writing a check – and likely a significant one at that.

This article is the second in a two-part series. Click here to read part-one in the series. In the last issue of Progressive Cattlemen, several issues regarding the use of native warm-season grasses as a forage tool were considered – adaptability, establishment, longevity, drought tolerance and yield.

Implants have shown to increase weight gain more efficiently than any other management practice across various growing phases, including nursing calves, stockers and finishing feeder operations.

Fall and early winter forage can be limited in some parts of the U.S. In addition, backgrounding of calves on pasture can be an integral part of a feeder calf development and marketing program.

The bull business is very competitive, and purebred people play to win. Because there’s a limited number of buyers, breeders spend a fortune on color ads and hire their own field men to exhort ranchers to come to their sale.