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Beware of Nitrate Poisoning in Livestock

Non-harvested crops under consideration for forage should be analyzed for nitrates to prevent livestock losses.
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Handling Liquid Feed Commodities

Liquid feeds are useful for conditioning rations, improving palatability, reducing dustiness and providing nutrients to livestock. Many liquid byproduct materials are available for use in beef cattle rations. In addition, a number of…

Harvesting, Storing and Feeding Corn as Earlage

Harvesting, Storing and Feeding High-moisture Corn

How average daily gain is influenced by weather variables in beef steers

The objective of this study was to examine how much variation in average daily gain (ADG) is accounted for by weather variables (ambient temperature, range of temperature, solar radiation, dew point and wind speed). Weather variables…

Managing Stressed or Damaged Crops for Livestock Feed

Unfavorable growing conditions can result in stressed crops that are not suitable for harvest. With proper management, they may be utilized as feed or forage for livestock.Stressed crops resulting from unfavorable weather conditions…

Managing what you measure: Current and historical Cow Herd Appraisal Performance Software (CHAPS) benchmarks provide reliable data for making herd management decisions

The Cow Herd Appraisal Performance Software (CHAPS) has been used by beef producers and Extension professionals for more than 35 years. CHAPS provides industry standards and reliable data to enable producers to make informed management…

Quality Forage Series: Interpreting Composition and Determining Market Value

New knowledge in forage quality and animal feeding, and significant advances in improving the genetic potential of animals used to produce milk, meat and wool, improve efficiency and lower costs. However, to do this, today’s producer must…

Quality Forage series: Forage Nutrition for Ruminants

Plants utilized in the feeding of livestock have long been a fundamental link in the food chain. Native grasses supported grazing animals well before man began to domesticate livestock. Forages have always been an extremely important…

Sampling Feed for Analysis

This publication is guide to help sample livestock forage and feed for laboratory analysis. Feed analysis is one of the most effective feed and forage management tools to effectively match forage and feed supplies to animal nutrient…

Silage quality and nutrient content of silage corn hybrids ensiled at varying maturities and moisture contents

Twelve new early and late-maturing silage corn hybrids (relative maturity from 94 to 111 days) were ensiled in laboratory silos at moisture concentrations from 60% to 72% and evaluated for nutrient concentration and quality. Generally,…
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