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BEEF March 2013 Magazine Issue

Highlights in the Forage & Feeding Issue are:

Nutrient Values For 300 Feedstuffs For Cattle & Sheep

Computer-Based Program Helps Grazing Management

Commercial Cattleman Builds Back His Herd Using DNA Marker Technology

Nutrition

  • beef cattle Feed Composition tables
    Feb. 25, 2013
    Article

    Nutrient Values For 300 Cattle Feeds 3

    Here are the updated typical composition of 300 beef cattle feeds. Using this information, diets can be formulated from feeds and ingredients to meet these requirements with the expectation that animals will not only remain healthy, but also be productive and efficient....More

Pasture/Range

Environment

  • wildfire in western ranching states
    Feb. 25, 2013
    Article

    Government Policy Hampers Wildfire Recovery

    While the dry conditions and wildfires of summer 2012 are now in the memory books for western ranchers, the devastating aftermath continues, especially in regions where ranchers depend on public lands grazing....More

Marketing

  • japan u.s. beef
    Feb. 7, 2013
    Article

    Expanded Japan Access Will Have Immediate Impact

    The U.S. Meat Export Federation expects the U.S. share of Japan’s imported beef market (about 26% in 2012) to increase quickly, eventually climbing above 50% as the U.S. reclaims its position as Japan’s No. 1 beef supplier....More

Genetics

  • vest ranch
    Feb. 25, 2013
    Article

    Commercial Cattleman Builds Back His Herd Using DNA Marker Technology 4

    Keeping the right females is something every rancher struggles with, even when it does rain, says Ty Watkins. “However, in a drought year where you’re forced to make decisions within your cowherd that you wouldn’t otherwise make, you really want to be sure you’re keeping the most efficient, most productive cows possible.”...More

Columns

  • meat inspector
    Feb. 21, 2013
    Article

    Will FSIS Furlough Hold The Food System Hostage? 6

    Unless a budget deal is reached by March 1 in Washington, $1 trillion in mandatory cuts to virtually all federal programs will be implemented. Among the cuts USDA has announced is a 15-day furlough of federal meat inspectors....More
  • ranch managment costs
    Feb. 25, 2013
    blog

    Seven Keys To Ranch Profitability 1

    The prices of fuel and equipment have risen significantly faster over time than the market value of cattle. Therefore, I prefer a production system highly dependent on soil, sunlight, rainfall, and our ingenuity and inventiveness, than one highly dependent on fossil fuels and equipment....More
  • drought strategy cost harlan hughes
    Feb. 25, 2013
    blog

    Strategies To Build Back The Beef Herd After Drought

    A conventional drought repopulation strategy is to buy back as many bred heifers after the drought as cows were sold during the drought. The example rancher in my previous three columns sold 50 bred cows from his original 250-head cowherd in 2012; therefore, he wanted to evaluate buying back 50 bred heifers in spring 2013....More
  • Feb. 25, 2013
    blog

    Ram Truck Super Bowl Ad Shares The Heart Of Ag 2

    If you watched February’s Super Bowl, you were likely as heartened as you were surprised to see a two-minute commercial from Ram® Trucks and sister company IH Case featuring the late Paul Harvey narrating his poem, “So God Made a Farmer.”...More
  • selling cows after drought
    Jan. 24, 2013
    blog

    This Year’s Drought Is High-Stakes Poker 6

    An oft-repeated phrase throughout the past few years is that “you can’t feed your way out of a drought.” I understand that logic, but the decision is a whole lot simpler if you could plan to buy back from a market similar to the one you sold into, or if you believed you could purchase similar quality genetics at similar premium or discount levels....More
  • cattle disease and antibiotic resistance
    Feb. 25, 2013
    blog

    Antimicrobial Resistance Needs A Team Solution 2

    A friend recently became ill while away from home and went to the local hospital for treatment. When the attending physician learned my friend was involved in beef production, he said, “You agriculture guys use 80% of all antibiotics. No wonder we have so much resistance!” My friend was dumbstruck....More
  • farm management costs
    Feb. 25, 2013
    blog

    What Will It Take To Rebuild The U.S. Beef Cowherd?

    My friend Howard was among the industry’s top 20 largest cow-calf operators in the late 1980s, but drought and other factors have whittled down his cow numbers over the last 25 years. His operation has been fortunate to escape the ravages of the drought of the last three years, but Howard has had no desire to expand his cowherd. Why?...More
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