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Forage? A Basic Definition
Feed that stimulate rumination due to their long particle size and their high content in fiber. Generally, forages are composed of the leaves and stems (stalk of plants. The bacterial population of the rumen allows the ruminant to digest forages.
Education Center
Published December 2, 2008, 1:23 pm, CattleNetwork.com
Proper mineral and vitamin nutrition contributes to strong immune systems, reproductive performance, and calf weight gain. Pasture forage is the most significant contributor to the trace mineral nutrition of grazing beef cattle.
Drought drains Central Texas crops, livestock
Published December 2, 2008, 9:21 am, Seguin Gazette-Enterprise
DALLAS (AP) — This time of year, Debbie Davis usually sees green clover and winter grasses across the grazing pastures of her ranch. Now she sees only yellowing fields.
Shared beef business plans to boost bottom line
Published December 1, 2008, 9:57 pm, Queensland Country Life
Producer members of the CQ BEEF Moura group have taken another step forward to share their on-farm business management objectives, following an inspection of the Becker family’s 3117 hectare Dawson River property.
Corn Silage May Not Measure Up This Winter
Published December 1, 2008, 9:23 am, CattleNetwork.com
Some producers are finding they have poor-quality corn silage this winter, according to a North Dakota State University dairy cattle expert.
Cow Calf: Body Condition Scoring For The Spring Calving Season
Published December 1, 2008, 7:08 am, CattleNetwork.com
Cows need to be at a condition where extra energy reserves can be used to help overcome the stress at calving and aid in reproductive tract repair. As the spring calving season begins, efficiency comes to mind.
Feeding your cows during the winter months
Published December 1, 2008, 4:30 am, Zanesville Times Recorder
Feeder calves represent one of the most important agricultural commodities in southeastern Ohio. Feeding beef cows in the winter is the most expensive part is maintaining a beef herd that produces feeder calves. Glenn Selk, an Extension specialist with Oklahoma State University, answers the question "How much hay will a beef cow consume?"
Hole-y cow
Published November 30, 2008, 11:42 pm, The Battalion
A cow with a large hole in its side is an interesting sight to behold.
REEVES: Proper winter feeding crucial
Published November 30, 2008, 8:40 pm, The Marshall News Messenger
The dollars spent on wintering cows often make the difference in profit or loss in a beef herd. Wintering costs represent 35 to 45 percent of the annual expense for keeping a cow. Proper feeding exerts a tremendous influence on a cow's fertility and calf weight at weaning. Beef cattle producers must plan their winter feeding strategy to meet the cow's nutritional requirements and do it as ...
The IoS Christmas Appeal: Mugabe's disgrace: Starvation threatens millions in Zimbabwe
Published November 29, 2008, 4:22 pm, Independent
The future for children in Zimbabwe is bleak, and getting bleaker every day. A country which once fed itself, and exported food to its neighbours, is on the verge of mass starvation. A cholera epidemic is raging out of control, and health professionals expect an equally deadly outbreak of malaria to follow soon.
Estimating intake by cows an important task of estimating forage intake needs
Published November 28, 2008, 10:17 pm, The Shawnee News-Star
I often get asked how much hay needs to be fed to get cows through the winter. Quality of hay, hay wastage and size of cows all play into estimating forage intake needs.
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- Planting Milkwood - building a sustainable life - Feral Fruit Mapping: Update
- Weedy Connections - Home: Such a great reference. We need one in the northwest.
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- Forage SF: A San Francisco Wild Foods Cooperative
- Forage Oakland Blog
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