technology

BeefCast 0291

• Should retail beef products from carcasses treated for safety by irradiation technology bare a label stating so? Susan Carter, USDA, weighs in.
• Taking advantage of grazing crop residues makes a lot of sense with elevated feed input prices, but what you should know before you open the gate. 
• Reference: publication on grazing crop residues

BeefCast 0271 Show Notes:

• Needle-free injections?  How research may allow some existing technology to offer new applications to cattle prodcuers.

BeefCast 0191 Show Notes:

• Tim Niedecken, Marketing Manager for Micro Beef Technologies, explains how they have brought innovative technologies to the hands of beef producers.
  
• Jim Drouillard, Feedlot Nutritionist at Kansas State, highlights the conversations of a recent conference focusing on coproduct utilization.

BeefCast 0171 Show Notes:

• How can bring RFID technology into your operation make life easier? Phil Anderson, IDology, tells you how.
• Getting your spring calving cows into proper condition will make calving season and breeding season more successful.
• USDA may have new opportunities for young and new farmers and ranchers.

BeefCast 0157 Show Notes:

• Increases in grain commodity prices is leading to elevated land values and higher pasture rents
• New technology available to vets may make life a little easier for producers and vets
  
• Making manure application on pastures work for your operation