Feed & Nutrition

An old family photo album holds a picture of a little girl with a huge smile, holding an even bigger bag of carrots, as she stares at her new lifelong adventure.

When feeding high-stress weaning and receiving cattle, there are two competing factors that dictate what the best strategy is:

One of the textbooks I routinely use to answer questions about trace minerals is Minerals in Animal and Human Nutrition by Lee McDowell from the University of Florida.

Beef production is the largest segment in American agriculture, adding more than $60 billion to the U.S. economy.

With today’s increasing grain prices, producers are looking for alternative feedstuffs for their cattle.

Evaluations to extend the grazing season look promising for: spring grazing of winter cereals; summer and/or fall grazing of pearl millet, teff, cereals, vetch or rapeseed combinations; and fall/early winter grazing of turnips or rapeseed with stockpiled pasture/pearl millet/cereals.