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1 week ago | 
bovinevetonline.com | Maureen Hanson |Karen Bohnert |Paul Beck |Angie Stump Denton
Although the relationship between dairy cow nutrition and milk yield has been studied for more than a century, researchers have never pinpointed the mechanisms by which dietary nutrients determine the rates of milk synthesis in mammary glands. Researchers at the University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada conducted a study to delve further into this complex relationship.
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1 week ago | 
drovers.com | Michelle Rook |Chip Flory |Paul Beck |Angie Stump Denton
Grains start mixed Monday morning with soybeans higher, feed grains lower. However, cattle and hogs are both extending Friday’s gains. Brad Kooima, Kooima Kooima Varilek, says cattle are seeing followthrough buying and strength Monday morning as the S&P 500 continues to stabilize and recover after the tariff delays. Cattle are nearly 87% correlated to the stock market according to Kooima.
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1 week ago | 
drovers.com | Paul Beck |Chip Flory |Michelle Rook |Angie Stump Denton
Post-weaning management significantly influences beef quality, particularly through compensatory gain. Compensatory gains is the accelerated growth following a period of nutrient restriction. This growth response varies, with the greatest gains occurring when feed restriction is moderate and short.
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2 weeks ago | 
drovers.com | Angie Stump Denton |Jennifer Shike |Paul Beck |Maggie Malson
According to the U.S. Forest Service, fire can be good in maintaining a healthy and balanced ecosystem.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
drovers.com | Paul Beck |Jack Heffron |Kay Ledbetter |Maggie Malson
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
farmtalknews.com | Paul Beck
It has been a tough wheat pasture year for most of the wheat producing areas in the Southern Great Plains. With rains in August, many of us were optimistic about our prospects for another good year for grazing calves on wheat. Other than a few areas that caught some rain, most of us missed any precipitation for right at 60-days. The Oklahoma Mesonet (www.mesonet.org/) shows that most of the area has received 8 to 10 inches of precipitation since the end of October.
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Nov 28, 2024 | 
drovers.com | Paul Beck
When Can Producers Start Grazing Wheat Pasture? Cattle graze on wheat pasture. (TAMU) It has been a tough wheat pasture year for most of the wheat producing areas in the Southern Great Plains. With rains in August, many of us were optimistic about our prospects for another good year for grazing calves on wheat. Other than a few areas that caught some rain, most of us missed any precipitation for right at 60-days.
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
drovers.com | Paul Beck |John Nalivka
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
beefmagazine.com | Paul Beck
The left side is of a stand of triticale and ryegrass in a crop field in Central Oklahoma on November 12. After recent rains, the picture on the right the same spot on November 22.OSU ExtensionBy Paul Beck, Oklahoma State University ExtensionIt has been a tough wheat pasture year for most of the wheat producing areas in the Southern Great Plains. With rains in August, many were optimistic about the prospects for another good year for grazing calves on wheat.
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Oct 18, 2024 | 
drovers.com | Paul Beck
With the dry weather we have had for the past few months the prospects of wheat pasture this winter are slim. Calf prices remain fairly strong, but there are indications that feeding calves to heavier weights next spring may have economic advantages. We had a good hay crop earlier in the summer and the quality of much of the alfalfa hay grown this summer was outstanding.
