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Breeding Systems
Planned Crossbreeding Pays
When you're producing cattle, variables are the name of the game. You manage those you can control and deal with those you can't. But in cattle feeding,...
Estrous Synch Webinar Is March 25
Breeding season is nigh. To help you get ready, Oklahoma State University’s Glen Selk and the University of Kentucky’s Les Anderson will conduct a webinar on the application of estrous synchronization protocols for beef cows and heifers from 12-1:15 p.m.(CST) on March 25. ...
Crossbreeding
Crossbreeding remains one of the most effective low-input, high-return management practices a beef-cattle producer can adopt. Effective crossbreeding...
Synchronization Syncopated
It has long been known that getting your heifers bred early in the breeding season sets them up for a lifetime of productivity. And aficionados of artificial...
Estrous Synchronization Webinar Is March 25
Learn more about estrous synchronization protocols for beef cows and heifers at a webinar being offered by the Beef Cattle Clearinghouse eXtension Community of Practice on March 25....
Calving to first estrus
Keep cows in moderate body condition score (BCS) after calving to decrease interval to first estrus, Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station researchers...
DNA Dos & Don'ts
DNA samples from cattle can be used for parentage verification, identifying genetic defects, carcass composition or testing for persistently infected...
Demand more
For all the technical advances, beef cattle production and the genetics fueling it remain a fairly straightforward proposition: pounds pay; least-cost...
From Our Columnists
Advocate or Perish
"While the affluent nations can certainly afford to adopt ultra low-risk positions toward new advances in agricultural science and technology, and pay...
Don't Market Like 2008
Many ranchers' first inclination in marketing their 2009 calves is to base it on their 2008 calf crop experiences. That could be a serious mistake...
No Silver Bullet
I was so impressed with Richard Roth's letter to the editor that I thought it deserved some follow-up...
