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Raising Replacement Heifers on Winter Pastures on the Texas Gulf Coast
Raising replacement heifers on winter pastures can be successful provided that plants are well established and receive adequate rainfall. Weight gains of 1.0 to 2.0 lbs per head per day are common. The problem is that lack ...
Hay: Making, Storing and Feeding
In beef cattle operations, the most common source of stored feed is hay. If hay is harvested at the proper stage of plant growth and undamaged by weather, it can provide nutrients at the lowest possible cost, except for ...
Forages for Beef Cattle
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 ...
Managing for High Quality Hay
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 ...
Managing for High-quality Hay
Hay is the most common source of stored feed used in livestock operations. Because surveys show that 86 percent of the harvested hay is used on the producer’s own farm, producers should be concerned with producing ...