cowherd management

BeefCast 0243 Show Notes:

• Transitioning ownership in your operation may be the most important aspect of your legacy. Tips on doing it correctly are offered by Mike Fassler, Vice President of Consulting for Salisbury Management Services.
• Can your preconditioning program be shortened without impacting the health of calves entering the feedlot? New research suggests yes.
  

BeefCast 0235

• Which Presidential nominee would be a better choice for the future of agriculture? Let's start the dialogue on this topic with Jim Wiesmeyer, Vice President of Farm and Trade Policy with Informa Economics, Inc.
• Increasing the feed efficiency of you herd can vastly improve you bottom line. Find out how

BeefCast 0226 Show Notes:

• Concerned about your mineral program? Maybe you should be. With increasing input costs across the board, be certain that while cutting costs that you aren't cutting corners.
• But where is it ok to cut costs in your mineral program? What minerals may you be over feeding? Twig Marston, Cow-calf Specialist at Kansas State, offer his advice.
  

BeefCast 0219 Show Notes:

• Dr. Kent Fowler, California Department of Food and Agriculture, provides an update on a condition of growing concern among many western states, Trichomonosis

BeefCast 0217 Show Notes:

• Larry Hollis, DVM, walks through the best management practices to make your summer grazing easier and hassle-free

BeefCast 0209 Show Notes:

• Enter the National Stocker Award Contest
  
• Jeremy Howard, Sales Manager of BioTracking, offers you some solutions to know who is bred and who is open.
  

BeefCast 0208 Show Notes:

• Dr. Barb Green, Biotechnology Industry Organization, offers an industry update on cloning as well as what is being done assure consumer safety.
• What will the current structural changes in our beef industry mean for our future?

BeefCast 0206 Show Notes:

• What if you could change the percentage of heifers to bulls in your next calf crop? As Kylene Anderson, ABS Global, explains, the tools are available for you to achieve that goal.
• Can traceability occur effectively in a voluntary animal ID program?

BeefCast 0203 Show Notes:

• Do you want to save yourself a lot of headaches this breeding session? On our Friday series on reproduction management, we look at breeding soundness exams.
• The USDA's take on cloned animals
  

BeefCast 0200 Show Notes:

• The 200th Program of BeefCast
  
• Are your calves hitting the ground at the right time? By optimizing your forage availability with the nutirient demands of your cowherd you may be able to cut some expensive hay costs
• Tools to get your cows bred back, the importance of synchronization in your AI program