SELECTION INDEXES INCREASE PROFITABILITY
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Cattle Chat: Considerations for allowing cattle in ponds
Ponds allow cattle to cool off on a hot summer day. Beef cattle experts talk benefits, drawbacks of giving cattle access to ponds MANHATTAN, Kan. — On a hot summer’s day, there is nothing like a cool dip in the pond to leave a person refreshed. Not only do people enjoy a swim, cattle do too, said veterinarians at the Kansas State University Beef Cattle Institute On a recent Cattle Chat podcast, they discussed the…
Commercial Creep-feeding?
Why creep-feeding rarely pencils out for commercial cattlemen. by David Lalman, Oklahoma State University Occasionally the question of whether creep-feeding is a cost-effective practice comes up. The simple answer for commercial cow-calf operations is “not in most circumstances.” This is particularly true for spring-calving operations. Calf weaning weights can be increased anywhere from about 20 pounds (lb.) to 80 lb. However, in most cases, the value of added weight gain will not cover…
Cattle Chat: Experts share tips for managing health outdoors
Rabies and blackleg are two deadly diseases that cattle are exposed to living outdoors MANHATTAN, Kan. — Just as nature-loving humans can experience anything from a twisted ankle to a bug bite when they are in the outdoors, living in nature can also come with risks for illness in cattle. On a recent Kanas State University Cattle Chat podcast, three veterinarians discussed two rare diseases that can impact cattle – rabies and blackleg. Rabies “Rabies…
Reducing Development Costs for Replacement Heifers
Kiernan Brandt Background Regardless of how efficiently reproductive success is managed on the ranch, beef producers are tasked annually with incorporating new females into the herd in the form of replacement heifers. Whether purchasing females off the farm or retaining heifers from this year’s cohort of marketable calves, both represent significant input costs to replace the 10–15% of cows leaving the herd annually, plus any additional heifers to expand the size of the…
The magic of fall is found in the garden
By Gail Ellis STILLWATER, Okla. – When summer begins to fade, don’t hang up that gardening trowel just yet. A renewed season of fall vegetables awaits in your own backyard. Oklahoma’s mild climate is ideal for fall gardening, and Oklahoma State University Extension provides educational opportunities for both experienced and novice gardeners to extend the growing season. “Small farmers and producers have figured out there’s a successful cool season in the fall, and they’ve really upped their production with…
OSU research has potential to save cattle industry millions
By Alisa Boswell-Gore STILLWATER, Okla. – Oklahoma State University molecular biologists recently received a grant worth nearly $500,000 from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture for research that has the potential of saving the cattle industry millions of dollars. Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) costs the beef industry $540 million in direct costs and $5 billion in indirect costs each year. The viral disease can be caused when bovine herpesvirus 1 (BoHV-1) infects the upper respiratory tract…
WE CAN SELL MORE BEEF
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Cattle Chat: Timing of vaccinations for calves
Marketing strategies influence the timing of immunizations MANHATTAN, Kan. — With the year we’ve all been through, most would agree that everyone have an increased awareness of how vaccinations and immunity are connected. Not only is this true for people, but it is for cattle as well, and the timing of when calves should be vaccinated will be somewhat dependent on when they will be marketed according to the experts at the Kansas…
Stiff competition for the 2021 Certified Angus Beef Cook-Off
The cook-off competition was a highlight of the 2021 National Junior Angus Show. The stakes are always high in the show ring at the National Junior Angus Show (NJAS) but the Certified Angus Beef ®(CAB) “steaks” are equally as important. For the 2021 NJAS, Certified Angus Beef®, the Angus Auxiliary and National Junior Angus Association teamed up to host the annual CAB Cook-Off contest in Grand Island, Nebraska on July 13, 2021. The contest was founded in 1983,…
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