Feed & Nutrition

Winter nutrition and management has many focal points, but there are a few management decisions all cattle producers should place on their to-do lists.

Have you yet come across the acronym RFI? Of course, you say, as you run and check the internet: Radio France Internationale, request for information, the RFI app for Android smartphones and also RFI Corp., a high-tech electronics company in the aerospace industry.

Range cattle nutrition is largely dependent on the amount and quality of forage the grazed site can produce.

Every cattle operation has a mineral program, whether they realize it or not.

Feed costs make up the largest expense in a cow-calf operation. While hay is often used to feed cows through the winter, current prices make corn a competitive option to feeding hay.

Some cow-calf producers implant calves they plan to sell, and many don’t, but big feedlots all utilize implants, according to Dr. Matt Cherni.