Expected Beef Yield from Fed Cattle

Expected Beef Yield from Fed Cattle

Mark Z. Johnson, Oklahoma State University Extension Beef Cattle Breeding Specialist Cattle producers who finish their own calves or consumers who purchase a finished steer often face the question,  “How much beef they will take home after the harvest and...
Friday Feature:  Replacement Heifer Development 101

Friday Feature: Replacement Heifer Development 101

This week’s featured video was published by Angus TV.  The video features an interview of Dr. Patsy Houghton, who started Heartland Cattle Company, McCook Nebraska, which focuses solely on developing and breeding replacement heifers as a service for ranches...
Nutrient Cycling in Grazed Pastures

Nutrient Cycling in Grazed Pastures

Brett Capra, University of Florida, Senior in Animal Sciences & UF/IFAS Extension Intern with Kalyn Waters, UF/IFAS Extension Holmes County In the Southeast, every rancher is also a “grass farmer!” Our primary resource we depend on is forage. However,...
Friday Feature:  1960 Corn Farmer

Friday Feature: 1960 Corn Farmer

As a high school student, I remember watching neat old movies about farming in FFA, so I always love finding these old films on YouTube.  This week’s feature video was an Encyclopedia Britannica film produced to highlight modern corn farming in 1960.  In the...