Beef Magazine

Feed Composition Tables

Pros and cons of distillers grains 

Jul 1, 2008 - compiled by Alaina Burt managing editor

University of Nebraska-Lincoln scientists reviewed nine studies regarding distillers byproducts in the beef cattle feeding industry. The ethanol industry...

Playing The Hand 

May 1, 2008 - By Burt Rutherford Senior Editor

As a cattle feeder, observes Alan Janzen, I have to look at what I'm faced with; what is the practical issue here? It's always been thus in a business...

Ins And Outs Of Byproducts 

May 1, 2008 - By Clint Peck Contributing Editor

The search for renewable fuels has spurred revolutionary growth in biodiesel and ethanol production. As a result, the beef industry is scrambling to fill...

2008 Feed Composition Tables 

Mar 1, 2008 - Compiled by R. L. Preston, Ph.D.

Typical Composition Of Feeds For Cattle And Sheep: Annual compilation of values for more than 250 feedstuffs...

2007 Feed Composition 

Mar 1, 2007 - Compiled by R.L. Preston, Ph.D.

Nutrition research spanning more than 100 years has defined the nutrients required by animals. Using this information...

Subbing On Supplement 

Mar 1, 2007 - By Burt Rutherford Senior Editor

In the life of a first-calf heifer, there are very few things you can be sure of. You can, however, count on this - it isn't easy...

Steamed By Flaking 

Oct 1, 2006 - By Larry Stalcup

Cattle feeders can use futures and options to against high or low corn, feeder cattle or fed-cattle markets. But when costs increase dramatically on the...

Making Hay Without It 

Sep 1, 2006 - By Wes Ishmael Contributing Editor

The drought in 1998 was the first time in recent years we faced a crisis like this year, where you have very limited forage standing forage or hay and...

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