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American Cattlemen December 2024
This Issue Brings You:
- Whole Cottonseed Can Be Beneficial in Beef Cattle Rations
- Protected From the Elements
- Grazing, Resting and Reseeding Your Pastures
- Effortless Rotational Grazing for Beef Ranches
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A Guide to Show Cattle Nutrition
A Guide to Show Cattle Nutrition Article and photos courtesy of BioZyme® Inc. (SAINT JOSEPH, Mo., June 26, 2024) Show cattle nutrition is a lot more complex than taking a feed scoop and filling a feed pan. You want to make sure your show cattle have the balanced nutrition they need. A balanced show cattle […]
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Time-Saving Tips for Trouble-shooting Electric Fences
Time-Saving Tips for Trouble-shooting Electric Fences By Heather Smith Thomas Many stockmen create permanent paddocks using traditional fencing or electric hard wire, and divide those paddocks with portable hot wire that can be moved as often as needed to strip graze or mob graze. Portable fencing is also handy for strip grazing stockpiled pastures, windrows […]
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Don’t Forget the Freeze: Winter Cattle Management Strategies
Don’t Forget the Freeze: Winter Cattle Management Strategies By Jaclyn Krymowski The changing seasons on a ranch are a constant dance between preparation and adaptation. As the summer sun approaches, ranchers race to implement heat stress measures for their livestock. But just as quickly, the crisp chill of autumn sets in, requiring a whole new […]
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Keeping Records Electronically
Keeping Records Electronically By Maura Keller Livestock management is currently undergoing a remarkable transformation. Gone are the days when keeping track of herd information – including health history and breeding information of each animal – was charted on paper filing systems, with little means of sharing that information readily and easily with others. Today’s livestock […]
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Featured Story
Maximize Profitability with Wagyu
Beef Cattle producers are feeling more optimistic. With an El Nino winter forecasted, cattle producers are anticipating a reprieve from multi-year drought conditions. For consecutive years the beef cattle herd has been in decline due to environmental conditions. A March 2023 USDA report shows that since 2022, there has been a 4% decrease in beef cows, 6% decrease in replacement heifers, and 5% decrease in heifers expected to calve this year. According to another published USDA article, the latest cattle inventory peaked in 2019 at 94.8 million and has since plummeted 6% to 89.3 million this year. The rapid decline in beef cattle inventory over the past four years was driven by drought conditions; however Northern states experienced above average rainfall during the 2023 spring and summer months and in the coming months NOAA predicts a wetter-than-average winter in the southeastern United States, allowing calf producers in recovering areas to consider opportunities to rebuild their herd.
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