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Progressive Cattle
September 25, 2022
Edition: 10
Digital edition
Back to TopNews & business
Back to TopIs history repeating itself in today’s cattle markets?
Even as drought covers many of the top cattle-producing states and input prices continue to rise, experts believe a positive outlook for cattle producers is coming in the next few years.
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Putting it all together
It’s sometimes easy, occupied as we are with the success of our own patch of ground, to remember just how vast and interconnected the beef industry is.
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Management
Back to TopManaging nutrition and stress in newly weaned calves
Cattle can encounter a lot of stressors from weaning to slaughter and consequently, a loss in performance. Producers can minimize these losses by spreading out stressful events and using recommended feeding strategies and rations.
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Same song, different verse: An update on air emission regulations
Environmental groups continue to advocate for regulation on emissions from production agriculture. Two recent developments show just how serious these issues are.
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Culling decisions and marketing cull cows
A lot of producers may not give much thought to the value of cull cows, but they can represent a sizable chunk of a cow-calf operation’s revenue. Careful consideration should be made as to how they are marketed.
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What is Livestock Risk Protection?
Livestock Risk Protection is an insurance product designed to protect against a decline in beef prices. While LRP has been around for a while, some things have changed, and those changes are proving advantageous for beef producers.
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Strategies for effective behavior modification
If employees aren’t meeting expectations, it is the manager's job to make sure the individual has had adequate training and to address any negative attitudes attributing to poor performance. Change is possible with time and patience.
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Topic articles
Back to TopStockers: Prepping calves for transition to the feedlot
A well-timed vaccination protocol, a period of backgrounding and low-stress transportation practices can improve calf health and profitability.
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Grazing to control fire danger posed by cheatgrass
Scientists at the University of Nevada – Reno have discovered that wildfire danger can be reduced through the application of targeted grazing in the dormant growing season by attracting cattle with feeding stations containing liquid protein feed supplements.
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Gut check: Cattle nutrition key to overall performance
Intestinal integrity in your cattle requires extended nutritional care. Make sure cattle are eating the right portions frequently with rations helping boost rumen immunity.
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Manage shrink when marketing cattle
Considerations made for feed, transport and time are essential for both sellers and buyers to understand if a mutually beneficial working relationship is to persist.
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Key components of a mineral program revamp
Minerals are a vital component of a healthy diet for productive cattle. Feed and water sampling and testing must be balanced with management strategies, modern beef capabilities and advancing technologies for positive results.
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How water quality affects your herd’s nutrition
Quality water is the most important component of a strong nutrition plan for your herd. Don’t overlook its impact on your cattle’s health.
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Implications of more efficient cattle on rangeland
Why do some cow herds seem to be more efficient on rangeland than others? Unlocking that answer could add valuable pounds to calves from weaning to the feedlot to finishing.
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What keeps the 'easy-keepers'
The science behind those livestock animals that maintain themselves easily, and those that don’t, may be more than residual feed intake. Efficiency could also be tied to the levels of brown fat maintained in a life cycle.
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Do savings always equate to profitability?
With high input costs, some producers may be looking for ways to cut feed expenses. However, this decision can sometimes decrease income by negatively affecting health or animal performance.
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Corn processing methods and distillers grains in finishing diets
With corn and distillers grains constituting such a large portion of finishing diets, it is important for producers to understand how these resources impact cattle performance.
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Cost of gain vs. cost per ton
When profit margins get tight, slashing feed costs is often a producer’s first instinct. But that may ultimately end up costing more than an investment in quality feed.
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Utilizing wheat in feedlot diets
Wheat can be an efficient and cost-effective feed source for feedlot cattle. But special care should be taken to ensure it is utilized properly.
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Trace mineral supplementation, a worthy investment
Trace mineral supplements protect health, reproduction and growth for your beef herd. But the type of trace mineral you introduce to your herd plan is important.
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Managing forage inventory: Planning = profit
Planning ahead for winter feeding has big-time payoffs. If your current hay inventory is inadequate, your primary options are to reduce the number of animals, improve forage utilization or come up with more feed.
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Alternatives to conventional feeding and nutritional management tools
The ever-growing bank of research and knowledge regarding cattle nutrition means there are more avenues than ever before for producers to explore in increasing efficiency and profit.
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Hide color: Does it really matter?
Hide color continues to play an important role in the market price of cattle, as it has for many years. In the end, the market is based on what consumers want, and what they are willing to pay for it.
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Departments
Back to TopAcross the Fence: The intern
When your kid is the guinea pig for your internship program, it helps remind you what you don’t know.
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Regional Roundup
Back to TopSouth Central: Fall and winter forage considerations
Warm-season perennials and cool-season annuals could be a solution to tight hay and forage supplies heading into fall and winter.
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West: Cheap fall feed options
Fall is an opportune time to reduce feed costs for a spring-calving cow herd. Now is the time to lower your feed costs or utilize your lowest-quality forages, especially for your cows that are in good to moderate body condition.
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Midwest/North: Utilize cornstalks to control feed costs
Cornstalks can be great alternative forage and an opportunity to hold costs down on your ranch.
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Southeast: Managing hayfields at the end of the season for future production
Time your last hay cutting to help recharge for next spring’s growth.
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