A compilation of the latest nutrient values of 300 feeds commonly fed to cattle and sheep....More

Nutrition research spanning more than 100 years has defined the nutrients required by animals...More

Cowboys, observes Dennis Cash, are not the best farmers. No disrespect intended; it's just that in the Northern Plains, when cattlemen should be pulling...More

The West that Zane Grey portrayed in his novels was a hard-edged place, lonely and rough in a romantic sort of way. Still is. But the New West is a different...More

University of Nebraska-Lincoln scientists reviewed nine studies regarding distillers byproducts in the beef cattle feeding industry. The ethanol industry...More

As a cattle feeder, observes Alan Janzen, I have to look at what I'm faced with; what is the practical issue here? It's always been thus in a business...More

The search for renewable fuels has spurred revolutionary growth in biodiesel and ethanol production. As a result, the beef industry is scrambling to fill...More

In the life of a first-calf heifer, there are very few things you can be sure of. You can, however, count on this - it isn't easy...More

Cattle feeders can use futures and options to against high or low corn, feeder cattle or fed-cattle markets. But when costs increase dramatically on the...More

The drought in 1998 was the first time in recent years we faced a crisis like this year, where you have very limited forage standing forage or hay and...More

Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica offers Bovikalc calcium boluses and Diaque nutritional supplement for calves. Bovikalc is an oral nutritional supplement...More

As long as cows have grain to select in a cornstalk field, the diet is probably above 8-9.5% crude protein (CP) and as high as 70% total digestible nutrients...More

With corn, sorghum and soybean harvest completed, it's time to garner extra value by grazing cattle on crop residues. Here are some nutrient pointers...More