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  • Jun. 8, 2012
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    Setting Standards For Replacement Heifers 6

    Replacement heifers are certainly an investment. At our ranch, we usually retain 50% of our heifer crop each year to develop and retain in the cowherd. We have found this is the best way to add numbers and improve genetics quickly in our herd. The investment in raising these heifers and feeding them for two years before they have their first calf is one of the biggest costs our operation incurs. That’s why I believe it’s so important that these ladies earn their keep....More
  • Apr. 23, 2012
    Article

    Breed Heifers Before Cows

    Even though calving season is not yet done for most producers, it's not too soon to begin planning for breeding of open heifers, says George Perry, South Dakota State University associate professor and SDSU Extension beef reproduction specialist....More
  • Mar. 22, 2012
    Article

    Straight Breeding Is The Commercial Trend 1

    No one can successfully argue against the production and cost advantages offered through direct and maternal heterosis. The science behind, and the experience with, strategic, disciplined, complementary crossbreeding programs are too broad and predictable....More
  • Mar. 19, 2012
    Article

    Sorted Semen Can Help Rebuild Herd

    The number of cattle and calves in Arkansas and the U.S. has dropped to the lowest level since the 1950s, according to USDA....More
  • Feb. 29, 2012
    Article

    To Synchronize Or Not? 1

    It has been demonstrated that using estrous synchronization and artificial insemination (AI) can improve reproductive efficiency, productivity and profits of beef cattle operations. Producers should consider using these reproductive technologies in their herds this spring....More
  • Feb. 9, 2012
    Article

    Tips On The Art And Science Of Getting 'Em Bred

    If you look at the averages, where would you guess the most room for improvement lies in increasing the cash flow and, therefore, the potential profitability of a beef cattle operation?...More
  • Feb. 7, 2012
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    Reproductive Management Stressed At Cattlemen's College In Nashville

    BEEF Senior Editor Burt Rutherford gives a review of the sessions he attended at the Cattlemen's College held at the Cattle Industry Convention in Nashville, TN....More
  • Jan. 30, 2012
    Article

    Brazil Is Using Reproductive Technology To Leapfrog The U.S. 1

    The Brazilian beef cattle population is to the beef world what the Chinese human population is to the world in general. In both cases, their numbers are so vast that even a minor change in those epicenters creates ripples felt globally....More
  • Jan. 30, 2012
    Article

    Use Of Crossbred & Composite Bulls Is Catching On

    Whether you’re talking cattle, corn or hogs, heterosis (hybrid vigor) has proven its value. There are three kinds of heterosis in cattle – individual (the calf), maternal and paternal. Of the trio, paternal heterosis has received the least attention....More
  • Jan. 30, 2012
    Article

    U.S. Beef Producers Aren’t Using Proven Genetic Tools 1

    Benefits of reproductive technologies like estrus synchronization (ES) for natural or artificial breeding are old news....More
  • Jan. 30, 2012
    Article

    Improve Ability To Make Accurate, Profitable Decisions About Young Angus Sires

    A recent analysis shows that adding genomic information to expected progeny differences (EPDs) can increase a producer’s odds of selecting the most appropriate Angus sires for his or her individual herd goals....More
  • Jan. 26, 2012
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    Crossbreeding Is Becoming Cool Again

    While manicuring the individual trees of cattle performance traits, the cow-calf industry apparently missed the proverbial forest. At least it has if you consider that three primary measures of cow productivity – weaning weight, pregnancy rate and pounds weaned per cow exposed – are static to declining. That’s according to data presented by David Lalman, Oklahoma State University Extension beef specialist, and Stan Bevers, Texas AgriLife Extension agricultural economist (see “U.S.Beef Cow Productivity Is Stagnant")....More
  • Jan. 20, 2012
    Article

    Creating A Home-Grown Composite

    My husband and I started crossing Angus and Hereford cattle in the 1960s, breeding a Hereford bull to Angus cows. We felt this cross worked better than the reverse (Angus bull on Hereford cows – the traditional cross), since our Angus cows were good mothers and milked better than the Herefords we had at that time....More
  • Jan. 6, 2012
    Article

    Preparation Is Key When Buying Bulls

    As the winter and spring bull-buying season approaches, seedstock purchasers should do their homework to help ensure their bull purchases meet their needs. Preparedness is the key to making an informed purchase....More
  • Nov. 1, 2011
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    Winter Bull Management Is Important For Breeding

    Bulls are expensive; they’re also half the genetics of your calf crop. That means they need as much care through winter as your cowherd....More
  • Oct. 21, 2011
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    Why Haven’t AI & Crossbreeding Flourished?

    The rules of the game are changing. Sure, quality, pounds, reproduction, performance, health, marketing, risk management and the like have always been important, but the importance has grown exponentially with the changing dynamics of the marketplace...More
  • Oct. 1, 2011
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    Replacement Heifer Nutrition Is Especially Important This Year

    Poor hay and forage quality due to unusual weather conditions experienced this spring and summer will require extra attention for replacement-heifer development....More
  • Sep. 1, 2011
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    What Do Genomic-Enhanced EPDs Contribute?

    Say you have a group of 10 flush-mate Angus bulls. They all have the same EPDs because they’re all full brothers. Those EPD estimates are derived from the EPDs of the parents and, because no data on the calves has been collected, aren’t very accurate....More
  • Sep. 1, 2011
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    Heifer Management Goes Way Beyond Breeding

    Yearling heifer conception rate is a critical number for all ranchers. For the past several years, George Perry, a South Dakota State University beef reproduction specialist, has studied the effect of heifer-development methods on conception rates...More
  • Aug. 26, 2011
    article

    Project Boosts Carcass Quality In The South

    From the dry plains of the Southwest to the steamy Gulf Coast, raising cattle in the southern U.S. presents a challenge – the heat is hard on animals.Producers in those areas have found a heavy influence of Bos indicus is the answer....More
  • Aug. 19, 2011
    blog

    Extended Calving Season Limits Profitability

    An extended calving season limits the ability to maximize profitability. To illustrate this point, I’ve created a “virtual herd.”...More
  • Jun. 24, 2011
    article

    Back To The Future With Heterosis

    Talk to a feedyard manager about cattle and he’ll ask some pretty basic questions. Darrell Wilkes knows that, because, as part of his job as ABS manager of beef supply systems, he helps find homes for 75,000 to 100,000 feeder calves every year that were sired by ABS bulls...More
  • Mar. 24, 2011
    article

    Researchers Compare Fixed-Timed AI Protocols

    Comparisons of pregnancy rates of fixed-timed artificial insemination (TAI) protocols in mature, suckled beef cows have generally favored the five-day, progesterone-impregnated, controlled internal drug release (CIDR) synchronization protocol over the seven-day CIDR program. Unfortunately, the five-day protocol is more labor intensive, which may offset the observed fertility advantages....More
  • Mar. 18, 2011
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    Tips For Choosing A Synchronization Protocol

    Beef producers who use artificial insemination (AI) in their breeding program use estrus synchronization (ES) to better utilize their labor resources both during breeding and calving seasons. Choosing the synchronization protocol that best fits each individual situation is challenging because so many options are currently available....More
  • Mar. 17, 2011
    video

    Video: Factors Influencing AI Success

    How heifers are developed from weaning to breeding, and how they're handled immediately after being bred AI, can have a big influence on the ultimate success of an AI program....More

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