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Texas Adapted Genetic Strategies for Beef Cattle--07: Sire Types for Commercial Herds
(2009-03-30)
Choosing types of sires is one of the most important genetic decisions facing beef producers. This publication discusses the factors to consider in matching sires to a cow herd--environmental and management conditions and ...
Estimating Grazeable Acreage for Cattle
(2009-04-17)
Research using cattle fitted with GPS collars has shed light on how cattle behave in response to different landscape features such as brush, rock cover, slope, water, forage and grazing land accessibility. This publication ...
Texas Adapted Genetic Strategies for Beef Cattle VI: Creating Breeds
(2009-06-17)
This publication explains the origin of cattle breeds and reasons for combining them. It also lists the major breeds in Texas and recent breed combinations without registries.
Texas Adapted Genetic Strategies for Beef Cattle--03: Body Size and Milking Level
(2009-03-30)
Body size and milking potential are important genetic traits in beef production. Wide ranges of body size can be efficient, depending on production environments, breeding systems and carcass specification. Biological ...
Texas Bovine Trichomoniasis Control Program
(2009-04-30)
This publication summarizes the disease and transmission characteristics of bovine trichomoniasis in bulls and cows. It also outlines new measures being implemented in Texas to control the spread of the disease.
Cow-Calf Enterprise Standardized Performance Analysis
(2009-03-02)
SPA is a tool for determining the production and financial performance of an individual cow-calf enterprise. It allows producers to compare production systems, identify areas that need to be changed and measure progress ...
Grid Pricing of Fed Cattle
(2009-03-02)
There are several value-based fed cattle pricing systems, including formula pricing, price grids and alliances. This publication describes the different cattle pricing methods and helps you decide which is best for you.
Texas Adapted Genetic Strategies for Beef Cattle II: Genetic-Environmental Interaction
(2009-01-27)
Animal performance is determined by genetics, environment and the interaction between the two. This publication illustrates the interaction of genetics with physical environment, nutrition, management, and economics.
Texas Adapted Genetic Strategies for Beef Cattle X: Frame Score, Frame Size, and Weight
(2009-04-02)
Body size is an important genetic factor in beef cattle production. Size is most accurately estimated by considering several factors, such as weight, skeletal size and body condition. Frame Scores are a way of estimating ...