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Spring-calving beef herds face nutritional challenges

Tue, Mar 12, 2019

Late winter and early spring is the most challenging time of the year relative to the nutrition of spring-calving beef cows.

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Cattle cycle factors indicate prices should continue at mostly current levels

Thu, Mar 07, 2019

Future market conditions, good or bad, could prompt additional expansion or liquidation in 2020 and beyond,

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The skinny on cow weight maintenance and forage intake, courtesy of OSU animal scientists

Wed, Feb 20, 2019

OSU researchers broke the study into two phases: Maintenance energy requirements and voluntary feed intake.

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Register now to attend March 8 OSU Experiment Station field day at Marshall

Tue, Feb 12, 2019

The 30th Anniversary Field Day at Marshall will provide overviews of valuable past and new research that will help producers remain on the cutting edge of production and efficiency.

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Register now to attend 2019 Eastern Oklahoma Beef Cattle Summit

Tue, Jan 15, 2019

This year’s summit will emphasize effective stockmanship.

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Producers should rotate hay feeding locations for cattle

Tue, Jan 15, 2019

Concentrated hay-feeding sites can negatively affect hygiene in those areas during calving, leading to instances of scours and navel ill in calves.

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Treating lice: A wintertime threat

Tue, Jan 15, 2019

The cold of winter doesn’t stop all the external parasites that can torment livestock. While flies and ticks are mainly warm-weather pests, we still have lice to contend with in the winter.

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Winter weather may affect cattle market factors, animal performance

Mon, Jan 14, 2019

Whether or not weather impacts are widespread enough to noticeably impact overall market conditions, cattle producers in specific areas of the country face significant management headaches.

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OSU alumna among five Angus icons featured in new documentary

Fri, Dec 21, 2018

Minnie Lou Bradley — the first woman to enroll in animal husbandry at Oklahoma A&M in 1949 — is one of five people from the Angus cattle industry being recognized for their greatness in the latest American Angus Association's documentary series, I Am Angus: The Art of Greatness.

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BQA in place and ready to help with beef packer certification requirements

Wed, Dec 19, 2018

Several beef packers have announced recently they will be requiring Beef Quality Assurance certification from their suppliers of fed cattle.

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What if it’s foot rot? What if it’s not?

Mon, Dec 10, 2018

Increased rain can cause lameness in cattle. The most common cause of lameness in beef cattle after rains is foot rot...

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Below-average steer slaughter numbers for year rising late in 2018

Mon, Nov 12, 2018

Steer slaughter has averaged 51.6 percent of total cattle slaughter so far this year, down from 52.9 percent of total cattle slaughter in 2017.

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