Protein in the diet is necessary for optimum cattle performance, and soybeans can deliver. Whether fed as meal, hulls, or ...

These four measurements can help you determine what your herd needs are for additional nutrition. Harvested forages, like hay, are a significant investment for cattle nutrition programs. The U.S.

BROOKINGS, S.D. — When feeding cattle, it’s important to know the nutrition within your feed ratio. “When we go to feed our cattle, we want to make sure that what we’re feeding them meets the goals ...

Just like people, livestock require the correct amount of nutrients in their diets. To help producers easily determine the nutrients in feed mixes, the Clemson University Precision Agriculture group ...

McClymont said having that high-protein feed has eliminated the need to add alfalfa as a protein enhancement. The roughage - what he calls the "scratch factor" - alfalfa brought to the feed bunk now ...

CARRINGTON, N.D. — If there’s one thing that excites Korby Kost, it’s cutting costs in the midst of a “pathetic” cattle market. The owner-manager of Kost Feedlot at Carrington, N.D., says he’s lived ...

SLAYTON, Minn. — When Erik Loe of South Dakota State University asked the crowd at Cattle Feeder Day if they were feeding distillers grains in their beef operations, every hand went in the air. The ...

I don`t know about you, but I have not enjoyed the recent 100 degree heat wave. Most likely, cattle in the area have not enjoyed it either. Cattle have a temperature comfort zone that ranges from zero ...

Brett Reinford grew up on a dairy farm in Pennsylvania, and he remembers his farm’s cows being fed with cottonseed—35 years ago. “I remember digging tunnels through the cottonseed as a small boy,” he ...

Dried distillers grains are becoming hard to find as ethanol plants cut production, forcing farmers to either pay higher prices or find alternative feed sources. Kansas cattle producer and Kansas ...

Global climate change and reduced-tillage systems may be leading to increased levels of mold and mycotoxins in dairy cattle rations. Molds have always been present in soils, says Trevor Smith, an ...

If there is one business venture that few people know about and even fewer investors have ventured into yet it has a lucrative market, I dare say it is beef cattle feedlots. Reliable reports show ...