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Optimize is the word
I've never cared for the phrase maximum performance when it comes to production agriculture. Maximum means the best or greatest possible with no expressed...
About to tip over
We've all misread a few trends in life, some of which evolved into forces that drastically changed lives and entire industries. Thirty years ago, who...
Preconditioning roadblocks
A recent study published in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association (Vol. 229:9,1389-1400) compared calves selling after qualifying for a certified health program to calves with no history. The analysis showed...
Take off the blinders
More profitability is a constant quest for beef-cattle producers. There are two basic ways to increase profit get paid more for the product you're marketing,...
No one knows it all
It's January, and you awake to find your cows in an average body condition score of 4.8. Calving will start soon and you worry herd fertility will suffer....
Working With Your Vet Is An Investment
Preventing pinkeye
Infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis (IBK), or pinkeye, is one of the most common diseases in cow-calf and stocker operations. Pinkeye is caused by...
Dealing with PI calves
Persistent infection (PI) of bovine viral diarrhea (BVD) has received a great deal of attention in recent years. BEEF has featured several articles on...
From Our Columnists
Top 5 moves for getting out of the hay-feeding rut
Whether you're out feeding in the cold or just looking out your window at cows eating hay at a cost of $2/cow/day, it should be a wake-up call for all of us...
Buy/sell margins - part III
The feeder-cattle futures market is being whipsawed by corn futures prices. Corn futures prices were in the mid-to-high $3 range early in 2007...
Planning for successful breeding
What tasks need to be done to help assure a successful breeding season this year? Let’s start with the bulls. Nationally, about 10% of all bulls fail...
