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Feed Composition Tables
Grazers Of The Purple Sage Ranchers Teach Cattle to Graze Weeds
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...
2009 Feed Composition Tables
Nutrition research spanning more than 100 years has defined the nutrients required by animals. With this information, diets can be formulated from feeds...
Pros and cons of distillers grains
University of Nebraska-Lincoln scientists reviewed nine studies regarding distillers byproducts in the beef cattle feeding industry. The ethanol industry...
Playing The Hand
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...
Ins And Outs Of Byproducts
The search for renewable fuels has spurred revolutionary growth in biodiesel and ethanol production. As a result, the beef industry is scrambling to fill...
2008 Feed Composition Tables
Typical Composition Of Feeds For Cattle And Sheep: Annual compilation of values for more than 250 feedstuffs...
2007 Feed Composition
Nutrition research spanning more than 100 years has defined the nutrients required by animals. Using this information...
Subbing On Supplement
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...
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...























