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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...
Steamed By Flaking
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...
Making Hay Without It
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...
Nutritional supplements
Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica offers Bovikalc calcium boluses and Diaque nutritional supplement for calves. Bovikalc is an oral nutritional supplement...
Supplementing cows on crop residues
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...
2006 Feed Composition Tables
Nutrition research spanning more than a century has defined the nutrients required by animals. With such data, diets can be formulated to meet these requirements...
Nutritional content of crop residue
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...
From Our Columnists
Tracking failure
"Hard to believe six years have passed since the cow bearing BSE stole Christmas in the U.S. Harder to believe there's still no cattle and beef industry...
The next decade: Part I
I truly believe ranching in the next decade will not be "business as usual." Thus, my next few columns will look to stimulate ranchers'...
No Silver Bullet
I think I can speak for all the “Vet's Opinion” authors in saying that we enjoy feedback on our columns, particularly when a correspondent gives...
