Beef - Feeding and Nutrition

General-Cow/Calf-Forages-Feeding and Nutrition

General Information

• Basic Beef Cattle Nutrition (Order No. 92-066)
• Comparative Feed Values for Ruminants (Order No. 03-005)
• Definitions of Feed Manufacturing and Livestock Nutrition Terms (Order No. 08-039)
• Guest Article: Corn or Barley for Feeding Steers?
• Nutrient Testing (Order No. 03-007)
• Nitrate Poisoning and Feeding Nitrate Feeds to Livestock
• Nutritional Strategies to Reduce Nutrient Output in Beef Manure
• Plunge and Drink - Alternative to In-Stream Watering
• Variability Of Nutrient Content In Feed Ingredients - What Effect it has on Nutrient Output (Order No. 04-005)
• Water Requirements of Livestock (Order No. 07-023)

Cow/Calf

• Cold Stress in Cows (Order No. 07-001)
• Coping with Hay Shortages in Beef Cow Wintering Rations (Order No. 07-053)
• Creep Feeding Beef Calves (Order No. 02-027)
• Feeding and Managing Replacement Beef Heifers (Order No. 91-067)
• Let Them Eat Straw, Stretching Feed Supplies For Wintering Beef Cows
• Make or Break - Cow Nutrition Pre & Post Calving
• Replacing Water with Clean Snow for Ewes and Beef Cows (Order No. 09-065) PDF-125 KB
• Weaning Beef Calves (10-015)

Forages

• Fall Pasture Management Tips
• Feeding Forages$$$$$$
• Feeding Sugar Beets
• Flee Beetle Control in Forage Turnips
• Forage Outlook and Strategies for Fall 2012
• Looking for Extra Forages
• Managing Forage Supplies
• Managing Lower Quality Forages
• More Forage From The Land, Rather Tan More Land!
• Re-Establishing Forages in Winter Feeding and Yard Areas
• Rotational Grazing in Extensive Pastures (1.2 MB) 2012
• Stockpiling Perennial Forages for Fall & Winter Grazing (Order No. 99-009)
• Stockpiling to Lengthen Beef Cow Grazing Season
• The Disappearing Act: Efficiently Feeding Round Bales
• Turn Corn Stover to Low-cost Pasture

Feeding and Nutrition

• Alternative Feeds for Beef Cattle
• Coping with Hay Shortages in Beef Cow Wintering Rations (Order No. 07-053)
• Dealing With Feed Shortages on Your Beef Farm
• Fall Graze to Stretch the Grass Season
• Forage Outlook and Strategies for Fall 2012
• Let Them Eat Straw, Stretching Feed Supplies For Wintering Beef Cows
• Meeting Water Needs For Winter Grazing
• Moving to a Higher Grain Diet
• Using Urea and Anhydrous Ammonia on Corn Silage
• Wintering Livestock Using Alternate Day Feeding
• Wheat for Animal Feed
• Winter Feeding Options From A Pasture Perspective

Molds And Mycotoxins

• Alleviating Mold and Mycotoxin Problems
• Effects of Moldy Feed and Mycotoxins on Cattle
• Feeding Mold and Mycotoxin Contaminated Wheat to Ruminants
• Laboratories Offering Mycotoxin Analysis
• Mycotoxin Alert in Low-Cost Straw Diets
• Mycotoxin Levels and Interpretation
• Sampling Feeds to Test for Mycotoxins