by Doug Mayo | May 3, 2019
This week’s featured video comes from the archives of author Patrick Smith who wanted to highlight the heritage of cattle ranching in Florida that still lives on today. You will notice the difference in video quality and the type of graphics used to make this...
by Doug Mayo | Apr 26, 2019
The Peterson Farm Brothers have become famous for making parody videos of popular music to show what true farm life is like. Last week they introduced “Pasture Road,” which is their 16th music video filmed at their farm in Kansas. This featured video, ...
by external | Apr 12, 2019
Glenn Selk, Oklahoma State University Emeritus Extension Animal Scientist The months of April and May are traditionally the time when “spring roundups” take place. This is the time that large and small cow/calf operations schedule the “working” of the calves. As...
by Doug Mayo | Apr 12, 2019
This week’s featured video was published by the American Angus Association to make producers aware of upcoming changes to the $ Index values. With so many different EPD values now available for the numerous traits measured, EPD indexes make breeding cattle...
by Jennifer Bearden | Apr 5, 2019
Toxic plants are a common concern of many livestock owners. Under most circumstances livestock will avoid eating toxic plants but sometimes conditions are right for consumption to occur. Conditions when animals are more likely to consume toxic plants include: Toxic...
by Chris Prevatt | Mar 29, 2019
Chris Prevatt, UF/IFAS Livestock Economist While the memories of the 2018-2019 winter feeding season are still fresh in your mind, let’s review winter feeding costs for beef cows. Last fall, a beef producer contacted me after purchasing a truckload of bahiagrass hay...
