Hubbard Feeds, an Alltech company, has introduced Recharge®, an innovative solution for beef cattle designed to optimize intake, enhance performance, and increase profitability. Recharge utilizes advanced nutritional technologies that promote cattle well-being and support performance during challenging periods. This...
Source: South Dakota State University
Author: Warren Rusche, Assistant Professor & SDSU Extension Feedlot Management Specialist
Additional Authors: Julie Walker
Weather conditions in South Dakota and the Great Plains occasionally cause problems with plant diseases and crop quality. In the case of...
Source: OMAFRA
With the recent push towards lighter carcasses, more marbling and earlier slaughter, the role of high grain-corn diets has been reinforced. In some cases diets of whole corn plus supplement are fed for 90 to 100 days (no...
Alltech, a global leader in agriculture and animal nutrition, is set to become the primary importer and distributor of Agolin® products in the United States and Canada, effective May 1, 2024. Agolin® offers high-quality essential oil blends scientifically proven...
Feed additives are added to beef cattle diets with goals such as improving health and performance or reducing antibiotic use and greenhouse gas emissions. There are medicated feed additives, including antimicrobials, anti-coccidials, and antiparasitics, with many requiring a Veterinary...
Phibro Animal Health Corporation’s recent agreement with Zoetis Inc. marks a significant development in the animal health sector. Under the terms of the deal, Phibro will acquire Zoetis’ medicated feed additive (MFA) product portfolio and certain water soluble products...
Source: Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives
Storing feed for livestock is essential in climates like Manitoba where a winter environment may make up half the year. Putting feed up and keeping it in good condition can be difficult, especially...
Source: USDA news release
Beef cattle operations that rely on precipitation to grow forage to feed their herds are particularly vulnerable to drought. When drought conditions diminish forage production and availability, beef cattle producers often must buy supplemental feed and...
Source: Michigan State University Extension, Jerad Jaborek
Limit-feeding corn grain can be economically advantageous when the price of hay becomes too high due to short supply.
During the winter when pastures are no longer a viable feed option, hay becomes the...
Source: University of Missouri
Many Missouri beef producers found themselves trying to pull a rabbit out of the hat as they rang in 2024 with low hay supplies, says University of Missouri Extension beef nutrition specialist Eric Bailey.
Bailey says post-drought...