Mid-Year Cattle

Mid-Year Cattle. Article by Matthew Diersen, Risk & Business Management Specialist. Ness School of Management & Economics, South Dakota State University. Article courtesy of Livestock Marketing Information Center https://www.lmic.info/The trade was expecting continued contraction of cattle inventory...

Don’t Gamble on Weaning and Receiving - MLS Tubs Are a Sure Bet

Don’t Gamble on Weaning and Receiving - MLS Tubs Are a Sure Bet. Article courtesy of Midcontinent Livestock Supplements.Fall is here and most likely your calves are going through a “stress” period as they transition through weaning. Bawling calves, developing rumens, long truck rides and new...

Looking for the Best Price on Whole Cottonseed? Get to Know a Supplier and Layer In Contracts

Looking for the Best Price on Whole Cottonseed? Get to Know a Supplier and Layer In Contracts.  By Cotton Incorporated.Beef producer Terry Quam knows that success comes down to how well you take care of your cattle. On his 240-head purebred Angus operation in Wisconsin, he adds whole cottonseed to his ration to...

More Than a Feed: How Sprouted Grains can Lead to Cattle Business Profitability

More Than a Feed: How Sprouted Grains can Lead to Cattle Business Profitability. By Maura Keller.  Having access to high-quality feed ingredients is vital to the success of any cattle business. A decade ago when rancher Dihl Grohs founded HydroGreen and developed indoor equipment to sprout small grains for...

NEMO Feed – A Passion for Serving Others

NEMO Feed – A Passion for Serving Others. By Maura Keller.When you find your passion and the industry in which you thrive, you do what it takes to succeed in that business segment. For Alvin Burkholder, owner of NEMO Feed, the motivation and vision for establishing NEMO Feed originally emerged from a strong...

Beefmaster Commits to Sustainability with Efficiency EPDs

Beefmaster Commits to Sustainability with Efficiency EPDs. By Jeralyn Novak, Beefmaster Breeders United.Beefmaster Breeders United (BBU) is pleased to announce the development and release of their Residual Feed Intake (RFI) Expected Progeny Difference (EPD) and Feed Efficiency Index ($FE). Beefmaster breeders and...

Creep Feeding: When and How to Make it Work.

Creep Feeding: When and How to Make it Work. Article courtesy of Behlen Country. The National Weather Service is predicting a continuation of drought conditions for much of the western and southern parts of the US for the next few months.  Not the optimal grazing conditions many of us were hoping for...

New Generation of Nutrition, Backed with the American Tradition

New Generation of Nutrition, Backed with the American Tradition. Article courtesy of Vitalix. Vitalix’s new generation of nutrition has been kicked off with the release of their new Plus and Elite lines, powered with Diamond V and Zinpro!Vitalix is proud to be an American owned and made company using...