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Kevin Buse, Hereford, TX, operates Champion Feeders in Hereford and Tascosa Feedyard in Bushland, TX, and runs a farm to help in its input management program. Find out why Buse always uses Optaflexx in his feedyards.

  • Feeder Feature

    • Aug. 8, 2012
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      FEEDER Focus | Keeling Cattle Feeders

      Scott Keeling is owner of Keeling Cattle Feeders, Hereford, TX, a 17,000-head custom feedyard. He strives to improve feed efficiency and rate of gain without limiting the ability of cattle to grade high at the packer....More
    • Sep. 5, 2012
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      FEEDER Focus | Pulmotil - A Feed Additive For The Control Of BRD

      Pulmotil is an in-feed BRD treatment option that provides 14 days of sustained BRD in-feed therapy for groups of cattle in the early stages of an outbreak, while reducing handling stress. Brad Nicholson breaks down the basics of the new feed additive in this video....More
    • Sep. 5, 2012
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      FEEDER Focus | Pulmotil - What You Need To Know About The Veterinary Feed Directive

      Elanco's Brad Nicholson explains what producers need to know about the veterinary feed directive required to use Pulmotil®. Pulmotil is a new product from Elanco Animal Health that is labeled for the control of BRD....More
    • Sep. 5, 2012
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      FEEDER Focus | How To Get Pulmotil - Basics Of A Veterinary Feed Directive

      Pulmotil®, Elanco's new feed additive labeled for the control of BRD, requires a veterinary feed directive. What does this mean and how do you go about getting it? Brad Nicholson from Elanco Animal Health explains....More
    • Aug. 8, 2012
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      Mark Miller On Utilizing Technology To Improve Bottom Line

      Mark Miller is a consulting nutritionist from Elk City, OK. He works with feedyards in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas to develop various rations that boost rate of gain and improve feed efficiency at a time when management of high input costs has never been more critical....More
    • Mar. 8, 2012
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      Elanco Joins Forces With Heifer International

      Heifer International and Elanco Animal Health's ongoing partnership continues to impact farmers across the world. Their latest adventure includes a click-through project that was lanched at the Cattle Industry Convention in Nashville, TN. Heifer International's Marlene New explains this intiative and the long-reaching impact of the Heifer program....More
    • Feb. 29, 2012
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      FEEDER Focus | Dennis White

      Dennis White, Ph.D., retired senior technical advisor for Elanco Animal Health, discusses on the history of Rumensin® and its value for feed efficiency and early control of coccidiosis....More
    • May 9, 2012
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      FEEDER Focus | John Scanga

      Using the beta-agonist Optaflexx helps cattle be more efficient at the end of a feeding period. Fed during the last 28-42 days of the feeding period, Optaflexx has a zero-day withdrawal as opposed to the three-day withdrawal required for its leading competitor....More
    • Dec. 12, 2011
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      Feeder Focus

      Use Growth Promotants Responsibly

      Todd Allen,Cargill Beef General Manager of Feedlot Operations, stresses that is our responsibility to effectively manage cattle and to responsibly apply the technologies we have to meet the demands of our consumers...More
    • Dec. 12, 2011
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      Feeder Focus

      Technology Helps Improve Feedyard Efficiency

      Todd Allen,Cargill Beef General Manager of Feedlot Operations, discusses the benefits of electronic instrument grading in helping feedyards certify cattle grades more accurately, and how growth promotant products, such as a beta-agonist-1, can enhance feed efficiency...More
    • Sep. 8, 2011
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      Feeder Focus

      Consumers Demand Quality, CAB® Sets Records

      John Stika, president of Certified Angus Beef®, comments on a record June, when the CAB brand sold 70 million pounds of beef, the highest volume month in the company's 33-year history....More
    • Sep. 8, 2011
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      Feeder Focus

      CAB®: Consumers Are The Target

      Mark McCully, Certified Angus Beef® assistant vice president of supply, explains the benefits of using good genetics and how merger of beef production and marketing remains key in producer/feeder profitability....More
    • Sep. 8, 2011
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      Feeder Focus

      Camera Grading and Beta-Agonists

      Glen Dolezal, Assistant V.P., Communications & Technology Development for Cargill Meat Solutions, discusses the importance of electronic camera instrument grading and the value of Beta-Agonists and other growth promotants if used properly....More
    • Apr. 6, 2011
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      Feeder Focus

      Spring Surge in Feedyards

      Robby Kirkland from Kirkland Feedyard in Vega, TX, explains the spring surge phenomenon and how he works together with his managers to most efficiently manage the increased feed intake in the spring and summer...More
    • Apr. 6, 2011
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      Feeder Focus

      Spring Feeding Frenzy

      Most feedlots see an increase in dry matter intake in the spring months. Nathan Pyatt, PhD, Elanco Animal Health, describes this trend as the "Spring Feeding Frenzy"...More
    • Apr. 6, 2011
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      Feeder Focus

      35th Anniversary of Rumensin

      As Rumensin® celebrates its 35th anniversary, David Yandell, Elanco Animal Health, reminds producers of the long-time benefits and return that the product has provided. Utilized in about 95% of feedyards, Rumensin is a technology that brings more profits and efficiencies to the feedyard...More
    • Mar. 27, 2012
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      Optaflexx Use In Friona Industries' Branded Beef Program

      James Herring, CEO of Friona Industries, discusses the importance of Optaflexx in his feedlot's branded beef program....More
    • Dec. 3, 2012
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      Feeder Focus

      FEEDER Focus | Kevin Buse

      Kevin Buse, Hereford, TX, operates Champion Feeders in Hereford and Tascosa Feedyard in Bushland, TX, and runs a farm to help in its input management program. Find out why Buse always uses Optaflexx in his feedyards....More

  • Articles

    • Aug. 8, 2012
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      Use The Right Tools To Boost Feed Efficiency, Rate Of Gain

      With $7-plus corn and an increase in virtually all other input costs, feedyard owner-operator Scott Keeling knows he can’t drop his guard. With breakevens swelling, his rations include supplements that increase rate of gain and feed efficiency at the same time cattle are finishing faster and yielding more high quality beef than ever in history. And in an era when volatile cattle prices can close market opportunities in a matter of minutes, Keeling demands products with a zero withdrawal period....More
    • May 9, 2012
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      Managing Cost of Gain is Critical

      CattleFax, one of the world’s most recognized livestock and grain analyst groups, says cattle feeders will likely need 20% more capital this year to maintain their operations than they did three or four years ago. For many commercial feedyards, that’s an extra $10 million or more...More
    • Mar. 13, 2012
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      Capitalize On “Spring Feeding Frenzy”

      Spring has sprung. It’s the time of year when cattle feeders can capitalize on the natural urge for cattle to hit the bunks and increase feed intake. Managed correctly this “spring feeding frenzy” can produce higher gains, improve feed efficiency, reduce health problems and boost profit potential. Fortunately, there is a proven method of creating a consistent rate of dry matter intake, which promotes peak cattle performance...More
    • Sep. 6, 2011
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      Feeder Focus

      Balancing Act

      A cattle feeder’s main goal is feedyard profitability. Why else devote the blood, sweat and tears? More gain with better feed efficiency is the objective...More

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    • Feb. 9, 2012
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      The Cattle Market: How High Can It Go?

      The factors that put rocket fuel underneath the cattle market in 2011 will continue into 2012, and that means prices for all classes of cattle still have some upside, according to Kevin Good, CattleFax analyst....More
    • Jan. 12, 2012
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      Feedyards Turn To Feeding Cows 2

      The drought of 2011 has turned many Southern Plains ranches into deserts, leaving some producers no choice but to cull their herds and flood auction sales and packing plants with a steady stream of open and bred cows and heifers. But Frontera Feedyard, Muleshoe, TX, is helping ease the pain....More
    • Jan. 2, 2012
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      Feedlot Trial Evaluates Sires Based On Progeny Performance

      Each fall, when ranchers unload their weaned calves at Darnall Feedlot near Harrisburg, NE for the annual feedlot trial, it marks the first step in garnering information ranchers can use to make important management decisions....More
    • Mar. 15, 2012
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      Can Genomics Work In The Feedyard?

      There is value – measured in hard dollars and cents – in improving cattle performance in the feedyard. “If we could change feed efficiency 5% on a pen of cattle, that would be about a $30-$35/head premium for us,” says Tom Hill with Agri-Beef in Boise, ID....More
    • Mar. 10, 2012
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      Cattle Equilibrium Near?

      Projections for historically high cow-calf returns for the next couple of years may be enough to entice herd expansion, but only modestly, if the latest 10-year baseline from the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute at the University of Missouri (FAPRI-MU) is close to correct....More
    • May 8, 2012
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      Prep Your Calves For The Feedyard 1

      There are a number of things cow-calf producers can do to prepare calves for their time in a feedyard, says Mark Sebranek, general manager at Irsik & Doll Feed Yard at Garden City, KS....More
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