Feed & Nutrition

Second-trimester, third-trimester nutrition may impact long-term cow and calf production.

Cattle producers continue to experience the aftermath of this summer’s nationwide drought. Cows have been challenged to maintain body condition and, in many cases, are going into winter in less-than-desired condition.

Wheat pasture is a great resource for providing forage resources to cattle in the late fall, winter and early spring when other options are limited.

A laboratory test using beef cattle rumen fluid can pinpoint which forages will be best utilized by Texas livestock, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service specialist.

Petty crime and burglaries aren't unusual in New Mexico's isolated Guadalupe County, but lately Sheriff Michael Lucero has seen thieves steal something a bit unexpected: grass.

With this year’s historic drought and skyrocketing hay prices, many livestock producers have expressed interest in grazing cornstalks after harvest.

Cattle feeders don’t like $7 or $8 corn, but they know what to do at those higher prices. Most of them feed cattle longer to heavier weights and sort them to market on a grid.