Distillers Grains
With the growing ethanol industry and high grain prices, distillers grains have became an important discussion topic. Specialists, Bill Weiss, Maurice Eastridge, Dianne Shoemaker and Normand St-Pierre of the Ohio State University Extension, discuss what...

Using Liquid Feed Supplements for Beef Production
Liquid feed supplements, formulated to be used by grazing cattle, are now readily available throughout New South Wales, writes Ian Blackwood, Livestock Officer (Beef Products), Extensive Industries Development.

Mineral and Vitamin Nutrition for Beef Cattle
By Dr. Jane Parish, Associate Extension/Research Professor; and Dr. Justin Rhinehart, Assistant Extension Professor; Animal and Dairy Sciences. Mississippi State University Extension Service, MSU Cares.

Ethanol Coproducts for Ruminant Livestock Diets
By Kenneth Kalscheur and Alvaro Garcia, Dairy Science Department, SDSU, Kurt Rosentrater, USDA - Agriculture Research Service and Cody Wright, Department of Animal and Range Science, SDSU.

Updating Phosphorus Supplementation in Ruminants to Meet the Animal’s Requirement, Reduce Excess Cost, and Reduce Environmental Concerns
By Francis L. Fluharty, Ph.D., Department of Animal Sciences, Ohio State University. Phosphorus has been called the "master mineral" because it is involved in most metabolic pathways, is a key component of Adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP) which transports...

Interpretation of Water Analysis for Livestock Suitability
By Dave German, Water Resources Institute - Nancy Thiex, Olson Biochemistry Laboratories - Cody Wright, Department of Animal and Range Sciences. Published by the South Dakota State University.

Feeding Corn Gluten to Beef Cattle¹
By Bob Myer and Matt Hersom², University of Florida, IFAS Extension. Corn gluten feed (CGF) is a co-product from the wet-corn milling industry that manufactures starch, sweeteners, syrup, and oil from corn (Weigel et al).

Feeding Co-Products of the Ethanol Industry to Beef Cattle
The US Energy Act, signed in December last year is going to see 15 billion gallons of ethanol produced from the corn sector alone. But the production of ethanol from corn will leave by-products that can still be used in feed for cattle, writes Chris Harris,...

Formulating Mineral Supplements for Beef Cows
By Cody Wright, PhD, Extension beef specialist. South Dakota Cooperative Extension Service.

Colostrum-The First Line of Defense
By Bethany Lovaas, DVM, University of Minnesota Beef Team - The value of colostrum is irrefutable.

Strategies to Deal With High Corn Prices for the Beef Cowherd, Part 2
By Grant Crawford and Nicolas Di Lorenzo, University of Minnesota Beef Team. This is the second in a two-part series on strategies for cattle producers to deal with high corn prices. Part 1 focused on strategies for cow/calf producers to deal with high...

Strategies to Deal With High Corn Prices for the Beef Cowherd
By Grant Crawford and Nicolas Di Lorenzo, University of Minnesota Beef Team. This is the first in a two-part series on strategies for cattle producers to deal with high corn prices. Part 2 will focus on strategies for feedlot producers to deal with high...

Ethanol By-Products - a Good Feed Additive
By Chris Harris, Senior Editor, TheCattleSite. Ethanol co-products are good sources of nutrients for beef cattle and their availability is going to grow as more and more corn is being devoted to the production of the biofuel.

Natural Feeding Programs - Concepts for Tweaking Feedlot Diets
By Christoph Wand - Beef Cattle & Sheep Nutritionist/OMAFRA. With the increasing trend by North Americans towards health conscious diets, the trickle-down to the beef industry appears to be a growing interest in beef produced from animals with a minimum...

What if Cows Don’t Drink Enough Water? – Part 2
By Neil Broadwater, Regional Extension Educator-Dairy, University of Minnesota Dairy Extension. This is the second of a two-part feature. A link to the first part is available below.