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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...

Cattle Can Use Snow As A Water Source 

The Color Of Grass 

When New Mexico State University beef cattle specialist Clay Mathis looks at fall cow nutrition, he begins by asking the rancher a simple question. Is...

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...

2006 Fencing Guide 

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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...

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From Our Columnists

Jim Gerrish

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...

Jim Gerrish Archive

Harlan Hughes

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...

Harlan Hughes Archive

Mark Hilton

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...

Vet's Opinion Archive

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