Resources: Beef Cattle

Multiple cattle in the field grazing with a dark red overlay and the words: Take Advantage of Corn Residue

Beef cattle products can extend grazing season into early winter by taking advantage of crop residues, particularly corn. While harvested fields offer opportunities for beef cattle, it can also bring a few challenges. Below are four points to consider when ...

Drought Affects Water Quality

Many parts of the US are experiencing unprecedented drought. Closer to home, many regions of the Midwest and New England are abnormally dry to extreme drought. During periods of drought, concern turns immediately to forage supplies, and rightfully so, cattle ...

Feeding Dairy-Beef Cross Calves for Top Performance

Over the past few years, dairy farms have been benefiting from crossbreeding their dairy cows to beef bulls. Angus bulls are usually the breed of choice in these programs, however, I have seen a variety of other beef breed bulls ...

Winter Ration and Bunk Management

Feeding cattle in winter weather presents a variety of challenges. Not only do we have several forms of precipitation to deal with, but we also face wild barometric swings that can have a large influence on feed intake. For ruminants, ...

Derecho Damaged Corn

Brandon Koch, Ph.D., Beef Nutritionist August 10th, 2020, for many farmers across the corn-belt will be a flashbulb memory. Straight line wind gusts that at points, rivaled that of a category 3 hurricane, marred a path of 770 miles in ...

Kent Performance Primer

Brandon Koch, Ph.D., Beef Nutritionist The year 2019 provided exceptional challenge to beef producers. The challenges we face as producers often stem from, or directly cause, stress on our cattle. Record low temperatures, historic flooding from the Great Plains through ...