Beep! Ding! Buzz! The noises and alerts that come from a cell phone can absolutely dominate your day. Answering calls, emails, texts, social media alerts, and on and on… the happenings around you can come and go while you are […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Cow-calf pairs are getting moved to green grass and it is a good feeling to see them out grazing. While weaning may be a ways off, calf growth that leads to excellent calf weaning weights is a major goal of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
David P. Anderson, Professor and Extension Economist, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Cattle slaughter surged over the last 6 weeks with weekly slaughter over 650,000 head every week since the first of May, except the Memorial Day shortened week. Total […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Setting the stocking rate is one of the most important decisions ranchers or land managers make. By Kris Ringwall, Beef Specialist, NDSU Extension Cattle are in the pasture, but how many should be there? The answer to that question is […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Focus of the two-day event is on adapting grazing management for future needs MANHATTAN, KAN – Great Plains Grazing will host “Adapting Grazing Management for Future Needs”, a conference aimed for beef cattle producers across Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. The […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The cost of an open cow is more than you want to deal with. by Shelia Grobosky, BioZyme Inc. Financial survival as a cow-calf producer is like a game of Risk. Producers have a lot of factors to consider each […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
G. Fike, J. Simroth, D. Thompson, E. Schwandt, R. Spare, A. Tarpoff; Contributed by S. Boyles, OSU Beef Extension Specialist. Veterinary practitioners provide constant advice and recommendations to beef cow-calf operations across the United States and Canada regarding health, well-being, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Dr. Gary Bates, Director UT Beef and Forage Center Very soon millions of acres of grass will be harvested for hay. The majority of this will be stored as round bales to be fed during the winter. This hay will […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
ST. JAMES, Mo. – Cattle producers are invited to attend a field day at the Mingo Farm in St. James to learn how to use natural shade to improve their beef operation. The field day begins at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Registration is now open for the K-State Ranching Summit. This event is designed to equip managers with the skills to address the challenges of ranching in the business climate of today and tomorrow. The theme of this year’s program is […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Christine Gelley, OSU Extension Agriculture and Natural Resources Educator, Noble County (originally published in The Ohio Farmer on-line) While we may all agree having clover in the pasture mix is good, occasionally they may need to be sacrificed for the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
May 2018 David Boxler, Entomology Extension Educator West Central Research and Extension Center University of Nebraska-Lincoln Mr. Boxler reviews different insecticide options available for use with pastured cattle. Source: University of Nebraska-Lincoln
By Joe Sellers, ISU Extension beef specialist Hay feeding has extended and turn out to pastures has been delayed in 2018. This may have resulted in more damage to calving pastures and winter feeding areas. In addition, most of Iowa […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
By Chris Clark, IBC Extension beef specialist Prolonged winter weather has limited forage growth for many Midwest cattle producers this spring. Especially for pastures that were over-grazed last season or affected by drought last season, available forage may be limited […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Location Ardmore Convention Center 2401 N. Rockford Road Ardmore, OK 73401 Time: 8 am – 4 pm Registration Fee: $25, includes lunch Register General Overview Join Noble Research Institute agricultural researchers, operational staff and consultants on a tour around […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Cattle grazing is not simply opening a gate and herding a group of cows into the pasture. By Kris Ringwall, Beef Specialist, NDSU Extension Pastures and cattle seem synonymous, co-dependent. Pasturing is a product of domestication, the need to keep […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Make sure cows are in good condition so they can rebreed. By Kris Ringwall, Beef Specialist NDSU Extension Are the cows ready to breed, and will 60 percent conceive a calf within 21 days following bull turnout? In reality, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
By Bethany Johnston, Nebraska Extension Educator, Beef Systems The last year has been difficult to manage for pasture health and production. First, some rangelands are recovering from poor precipitation received during last year’s growing season. Now, cool weather this spring […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Nebraska Extension is partnering with Lallemand Animal Nutrition and Iowa State University Extension and Outreach to offer a one-day conference focused on one of the largest components of many beef producers’ bottom lines: silage. The silage for beef cattle conference […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
By Karla Jenkins, UNL Cow/Calf Stocker Specialist As grass leases continue to get harder to find and more expensive to acquire, and drought continues to threaten the Great Plains, cow/calf producers are showing more and more interest in feeding pairs […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…