Sometimes weaning early can be beneficial, but for success you need to plan ahead and be set up to do it properly.
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Sometimes weaning early can be beneficial, but for success you need to plan ahead and be set up to do it properly.
This year is relatively unique for wheat calves. Very little wheat is available on the Southern Plains. Even where irrigated wheat has come up, the current value of wheat sent many winter stocker calves through the sale barn relatively early this year.
Imagine it’s early morning on a warm summer day, a delightful pastoral scene. You see a herd of cattle grazing hungrily through a lush green field of alfalfa or white clover.
The full swing of summer will bring high temperatures, high humidity and high chances of heat stress.
When I was pursuing my undergraduate degree, microeconomics was my least favorite class – but if I recall one thing about the class, it’s incentives.
Water is a required nutrient of all livestock; however, how often do you look at the quality of the water offered to your herd?