Backgrounding Calves on Grass
Production cost for a beef cow has increased dramatically in the last several years. To cut costs Ryon S. Walker, from the University of Minnesota Extension Beef Team, explains how to plan ahead when backgrounding calves on grass.

Residual Feed Intake: a System for Efficiency
Residual Feed Intake is a programme designed for the issues of today. Where once breeding programmes focused on increasing outputs, now they are concerned with inputs and how to maximise profit by decreasing costs, writes Adam Anson, reporting for Th...

Energy in Beef Cattle Diets
For practical purposes of ration balancing and determining energy supplementation needs on forage-based diets, TDN is a key value to consider, writes Dr. Jane A. Parish, Associate Extension/ Research Professor, and Dr. Justin D. Rhinehart, Assistant Extension...

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...