As cattle are confined and the availability of forage becomes either physically restrictive or cost prohibitive, the green tends to disappear out of the ration. More feed is delivered but it is ...

The first heat wave of summer can have negative effects on cattle, but it’s the second heat wave causes the most damage.

The Beef Cow Ration Balancer is not designed to replace a professional nutritionist. It should be used as a management tool for producers to more closely monitor the nutritional needs and feed ...

Just like people, livestock require the correct amount of nutrients in their diets.

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AMES, Iowa – Iowa beef producers have to balance dietary and nutritional considerations with getting the most value for their dollar after feed prices skyrocketed this winter as a result of last ...

14% CP (163g CP/kg DM) concentrates based on 70% rolled barley, 12.5% soyabean meal, 10% molassed sugar beet feed, 5% molasses and 2.5% minerals. Rations were fed ad lib, with ad lib straw from racks.

FORT COLLINS — John Matsushima, a retired Colorado State University professor and a pioneer in beef-cattle nutrition, will be honored on Jan. 14 as 2013 Citizen of the West by the National ...

On this diet a 500kg beef animal would cost £2.31 a head a day to feed. The same animal on a forage (maize) and by-product ration will be costing about £1.87 a head a day to feed,” he added ...

The FFT Feed Mill has begun growing ASG (Automated Sprouted Grain) that will supplement dairy and beef cattle feed using a fraction of the water needed for field grown alfalfa. HANFORD, Calif ...

According to AHDB, prime cattle prices are around 10% lower than this time last year causing farmers to rethink their ration and maximise efficiencies when finishing beef cattle. By optimising the ...

Some beef cattle ranchers may put cottonseed into a beef ration if the price is right. Like much else in farming, its relative price depends on weather conditions in the cotton-producing regions.