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Beef Up Your Mineral Feeding Program
Click here to view as a pdf: Beef Up Your Mineral Feeding Program Are Your Cows Getting What They Need in the Third Trimester of Pregnancy? By Erik Brettingen, B.S. Limiting or decreasing the amount of mineral provided to beef cattle is a common practice to save money throughout the year for some beef producers. If…
Gearing Up For Lambing And Kidding Seasons
Click here to read as a pdf: Gearing Up For Lambing And Kidding Seasons By Jessica Dercks, B.S. Preparing for healthy kids and lambs starts long before kidding and lambing seasons begin. It is vital for gestating animals to have a well balanced ration that provides the appropriate minerals and vitamins not only for their…
The Importance Of Calf Bedding
Click here to view as a pdf: The Importance Of Calf Bedding By Kaylee Viney Livestock Specialist The investment made in young stock and heifers sets the groundwork for future herd performance. There is new research in the industry on how calf bedding not only affects the health and growth of young calves, but its…
FLIP DUCT®: A Truly Unique, Easy-To-Use Calf Barn Ventilation System
Click here to view as a pdf: FLIPDUCT Calf Barn Ventilation System By Ryan Leiterman, D.V.M.
Maintaining Your Pasture To Maximize Feed Quality
Click here to view as a pdf:Maintaining Your Pasture To Maximize Feed Quality By Erik Brettingen, B.S. Pasture is a high quality, cost-effective feed that many producers rely heavily on during the summer months. Because pasture is such a crucial feed, it is important to manage it during vulnerable times to make the most…
Ask The Vet / Ask The Nutritionist
Click here to view as a pdf: Ask The Vet Ask The Nutritionist “How do you determine the right time to harvest corn silage and how long should I wait before feeding this year’s silage?” The proper timing of harvesting corn silage is of the utmost importance. If corn silage is harvested when it is…
Successfully Managing Internal Parasites In Sheep
Click here to view as a pdf: Sucessfully Managing Internal Parasites In Sheep By Contributing Editor Julie Wadzinski, B.S. Internal parasite resistance is becoming a serious concern across sheep flocks worldwide. Recent research has focused on different methods to minimize the genetic adaptation of internal parasites to survive deworming treatments (anthelmintic resistance). It is important…
Providing A Clean Environment=Healthier Calves And Increased Profit
Click here to view as a pdf: Providing A Clean Environment Equals Healthier Calves By Lorrie Meister, CVT Livestock Specialist A clean environment is essential to successful calf raising. Housing, air quality and cleanliness of the surfaces the calf comes into contact with (hutches, panels, bottles, pails, feeders, etc.) all play a role in…
Maternal Colostrum Management
Click here to view as a pdf: Maternal Colostrum Management By Kaylee Viney, Livestock Specialist Giving calves the best chance for a healthy and productive life starts with proper colostrum management. Calves that receive high quality colostrum obtain the passive immunity needed to protect them against disease. Properly managing colostrum will reduce calf treatment costs…