February 3, 2021 | Vol. 14 : No. 1
Sometimes bad weather can make things more challenging when processing cattle — whether preg-checking, vaccinating, weaning, vaccinating incoming feedlot or backgrounding cattle, artificially inseminating fall calvers, delousing, or giving cows their precalving vaccinations in mid-winter.
What started out with better-than-expected sales prices at land auctions prior to fall harvest extended into very strong prices at some auctions during October and November, surprising many.
The Masters of Beef Advocacy (MBA) program managed by National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, a contractor to the Beef Checkoff, launched updated advocacy training modules — MBA NextGen. MBA NextGen updates the popular MBA training modules, making it easier than ever for a new generation of farmers and ranchers to share their story and advocate knowledgeably for the beef industry. Updated information and resources to help answer consumer questions are accessible with the click of a mouse.
There are several tools available to design your family’s estate plan. Rincker Law PLLC performed a survey sent via email and posted via social media geared to agriculture producers. Take a look at the survey data on family plans, documents and agreements.
The first 24 hours of a calf’s life sets the stage for health and growth, and will affect the rest of its life. Veterinary scientists, while with the USDA experiment station at Clay Center, Neb., monitored health events and growth performance in a population of range beef calves to identify associations of production factors with passive immune status of baby calves.
There are two ways to more hay: Grow more or store it better. Many factors influence how bales make the trip from the field to the cow, says Jim Humphrey, a University of Missouri agronomist. Environmental factors such as sunlight, precipitation, evaporation and ground conditions can affect quality.
In this month’s edition we highlight FDA approval for a new cross clearance in starter and grower rations, ration-balancing software, and forage inoculants.
