Browsing Beef Cattle Resources (Animal Science/AgriLife Extension Services) by Subject "PastureForage"
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(AgriLife Extension, Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University. Libraries, )The summer of 2007 we completed our ninth year of consecutive sorghum silage variety trials conducted at the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station Bush Farm, located approximately 8 miles west of Amarillo.
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(AgriLife Extension, Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University. Libraries, )One of the first priorities for proper management of range resources is balancing animal numbers with forage supply. A balance between stocking rate and range utilization is necessary for the effective conversion of range ...
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(AgriLife Extension, Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University. Libraries, )The next time you drive or ride through your pasture checking livestock, water troughs, or fences, take the time to check your forage supply, too. Routinely checking forage supplies ensures timely decisions that would have ...
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(AgriLife Extension, Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University. Libraries, )Both animal productivity and ranch profitability can be affected by the nutritional management of grazing beef cattle. Management of beef cattle nutrition should be based on the quantity and quality of forage, as well as ...
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(AgriLife Extension, Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University. Libraries, )Pasture forages for beef cattle can be roughly divided into five categories—warm-season perennials, warm-season annuals, cool-season perennials, cool-season annuals and legumes for pastures. Each of these forage types ...
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(AgriLife Extension, Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University. Libraries, )For today’s rancher to remain in the ranching business, he has to be more efficient in his operation to overcome the “cost price squeeze� of livestock production. Increasing costs force the rancher to risk ...
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(AgriLife Extension, Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University. Libraries, )Rainfall is a major limiting factor for livestock production from Texas rangelands. Everything from attempts by self-professed “rain makers� to new technologies such as cloud seeding has been tried to improve the ...
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(AgriLife Extension, Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University. Libraries, )What do we mean by integrated brush management systems, or IBMS? IBMS means managing brush with a “longterm� perspective. It means setting management objectives based on an inventory of range resources, the identication ...
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(AgriLife Extension, Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University. Libraries, )Forage quantity and quality are important factors in determining grazing animal performance. For this reason, livestock producers need reliable indicators of these factors. Direct measures of vegetation, such as clipping ...
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(AgriLife Extension, Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University. Libraries, )Rangelands make up almost 90 million acres, or about 59 percent of the land surface of Texas. Traditionally, these lands have been managed for livestock grazing and wildlife production, but they are also the major watershed ...
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(AgriLife Extension, Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University. Libraries, )Grazing distribution is a major concern for livestock managers. Livestock do not graze randomly—they often prefer some grazing sites over others. This tendency can cause grazing distribution to be uneven over the range.
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(AgriLife Extension, Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University. Libraries, )Hay is the most common source of stored feed used in livestock operations. Surveys show that 86% of the harvested hay is used on the producer’s own farm; therefore, producers should be concerned with producing quality ...
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(AgriLife Extension, Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University. Libraries, )When dealing with drought, some of a livestock producer’s most important decisions concern stocking rates and grazing management. The effects of these decisions go far beyond survival of the current drought and can greatly ...
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(AgriLife Extension, Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University. Libraries, )Toxic plants can pose a major threat to livestock during a drought. Animals consume more of these plants during drought because fewer alternative range plants are available.
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(AgriLife Extension, Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University. Libraries, )More than 100 species of toxic plants infest Texas rangelands. These plants affect ranch businesses directly by causing livestock death. They also have such indirect effects as lower conception rates and weaning weights, ...
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(AgriLife Extension, Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University. Libraries, )Effective ranch management requires a tremendous amount of information. At any given time, a ranch manager may be making decisions concerning care and management of livestock, control of noxious plants, use of fire to ...
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(AgriLife Extension, Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University. Libraries, )On any ranch, decisions must be made as to the management of each ranch resource (land, animals, personnel, facilities and finances). When those decisions are made with specific short- and long-term goals in mind, and when ...
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(AgriLife Extension, Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University. Libraries, )Range livestock and wildlife have access to a tremendous diversity of forage plants which vary in nutritional quality. Range animals get the nutrients (protein, energy, vitamins, and minerals) required for growth, reproduction, ...