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Knowing which cattle to bring into the largest feeding company in the beef industry isn’t based on algorithms and vast caches of data, according to Tony Bryant, manager of research at Five Rivers Feeding.

With the growing season coming to an end, many producers have already begun thinking about their winter feeding options. Whether or not to keep heifers through the winter to breed in the spring is a major economic decision.

Bulls supply half the genetics for your calf crop, so you want to make sure they are fertile, healthy and sound and in good body condition through winter.

Phytogenic, plant-based, products have gained increased interest with the passage of the Veterinary Feed Directive (VFD) and a general increase in customer resistance to the feeding of antibiotics to livestock.

Correctly identifying the right corn product for use with your feed inventory, within your cattle feeding region, and utilizing the right cost to assist in formulation is not an easy task given the market variation we as cattle feeders are currently subject to.

Nitrate toxicity in cattle grazing cover crops can happen quickly and can result in multiple death losses in the herd, but the good news is it can be avoided.