Tag: beef cattle
Checkoff passed by Ky. beef producers
Kentucky beef cattle producers voted to assess themselves an additional $1 per head on cattle marketed in Kentucky in a statewide referendum held in November.
Fixer uppers? Improvements in herds can be made
I got my start with other people’s cull cows, just a bid or two above the hamburger market — which was not so dear back then.
U.S. cattle inventory down 3 percent from 2012
As of July 1, there were 95 million head of cattle on U.S. farms, according to NASS reports.
Planning, reality and planning again
’Tis the season to plan so you can stay jolly all through the year. That may include deciding it is time for Plan B...
Hoffman Farms focuses on crops and cattle
Christian Hoffman —Ohio's Commercial Cattelemen of the Year — is a young producer but is on par with some of the best.
How or when do you let the bulls out?
PRINCETON, Ky. — With spring calves hitting the ground around the state, cattle producers should begin to plan now for the breeding season to...
Dry weather may call for creep feeding
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The oppressive heat wave that has scorched pastures and dried water sources in recent weeks should have farmers in some...
For the Bay: Precision feeding now extends to beef cattle in...
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A strategy to control nutrient pollution from livestock in the Chesapeake Bay watershed — precision feeding, which increasingly has been...
