Winter on the northern Great Plains is a harsh environment for beef cattle. During the winter, cattle increase their production of body heat in response to severe cold by increasing their heart rate, ...

Along with proper feeding, there are a few points to consider when managing cow herds through cold stress: It is difficult to ...

AMES, Iowa – Iowa beef producers have to balance dietary and nutritional considerations with getting the most value for their dollar after feed prices skyrocketed this winter as a result of last ...

URBANA - Feed costs represent over half the total cost in a cow-calf production system. The majority of feed costs are from feeding cows during the winter season when most grasses are dormant. As a ...

Given the less than desirable haying conditions we saw this year, (few producers got their second cutting put up without being rained on at least once), a question cattle producers may have is: “What ...

ST. CLOUD, Minn. — Despite some exceptionally cold temperatures this winter, Jared Luhman, a cow-calf producer at Dry Creek Farms in Goodhue, Minnesota, was able to enjoy a relatively average year of ...

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Have you ever wondered who will raise cattle in the future? For Cuming County and surrounding counties, this is an extremely ...