Feed & Nutrition

Compared to the decline seen in the beef industry during the 1980s and 1990s, red meat has been taken off the health hit list, and lean red meat is now in the good graces of our local family practitioner.

All cattle producers understand that healthy, efficiently growing cattle generate the greatest returns. With feed costs attributing to nearly 70% of total production costs in the beef industry, constant effort and creativity are required to achieve optimal return on investment.

It doesn’t seem like it’s that time, yet here we are in the new year and the freshness of new birth as calving time is around the corner.

Increasing consumer pressure to reduce or eliminate the use of antibiotics continues to motivate livestock producers to evaluate novel feed additives that offer health and production benefits but do not require veterinary oversight.

The end of one year and beginning of another is always a time for review and reflection. Oftentimes, we hear people talk about New Year’s resolutions and making changes to their health and nutrition.

How cattle require some minerals less than others may be a reflection of how scarce the resource is and how efficient we need herds to be.