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Genetics
Genetics and immune functionBurt Rutherford Up to now, about the only way a cattleman could help his cattle develop a strong immune system was by vaccination. But information is growing that immune... |
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Body condition scoring
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM, by Clint Peck contributing editor
The practice of assigning a body condition score (BCS) to a cow is a great management tool for identifying nutritional needs in a beef cowherd. There's...
Planning for successful breeding
Mar 1, 2008 10:51 AM, by W. Mark Hilton contributing editor
What tasks need to be done to help assure a successful breeding season this year? Let’s start with the bulls. Nationally, about 10% of all bulls fail ...
Breeding Systems
Body condition scoring
by Clint Peck contributing editor
The practice of assigning a body condition score (BCS) to a cow is a great management tool for identifying nutritional needs in a beef cowherd. There's...
Planning for successful breeding
by W. Mark Hilton contributing editor
What tasks need to be done to help assure a successful breeding season this year? Let’s start with the bulls. Nationally, about 10% of all bulls fail ...
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Selection Tools
EPDs provide genetic insight
by Clint Peck contributing editor
The beef cattle industry has been using Expected Progeny Differences (EPDs) as a selection tool in improving calf productivity for nearly two decades....
Fast-Forward Genetics
By Wes Ishmael Contributing Editor
When it comes to genomics and genetic evaluation, the sum is more powerful than the parts, at least for now, apparently. It's called whole-gnome selection...
From Our Columnists
Top 5 moves for getting out of the hay-feeding rut
Whether you're out feeding in the cold or just looking out your window at cows eating hay at a cost of $2/cow/day, it should be a wake-up call for all of us...
Buy/sell margins - part III
The feeder-cattle futures market is being whipsawed by corn futures prices. Corn futures prices were in the mid-to-high $3 range early in 2007...
Planning for successful breeding
What tasks need to be done to help assure a successful breeding season this year? Let’s start with the bulls. Nationally, about 10% of all bulls fail...
