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 ...

“This app can be used by anyone who works out rations for beef cattle or really any type of livestock,” said Scott Sell, the lead developer and a Clemson research associate of cattle and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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