Freezer Beef Basics

Freezer Beef Basics

Kim Mullenix, Ph.D., Extension Beef Cattle Systems Specialist, Auburn University From time to time people ask about feeding out a few calves for freezer beef.  The following are some basic guidelines for growing and finishing a few head of beef cattle. Grower Diets:...

Pregnancy Diagnosis Options for Beef Cattle Producers

Generally, beef herd pregnancy rates after a 60–120-day breeding season tend to range from 80 to 94 percent. Pregnancy diagnosis identifies the 6–20 percent of open cows in the herd so they can be culled after their calves at side are weaned, instead of waiting to the...
New EDIS Fact Sheets added this Spring

New EDIS Fact Sheets added this Spring

The University of Florida IFAS Extension offers a database of fact sheets available for free download on the Internet called EDIS (Electronic Data Information Source) that has many publications of interest to farmers and ranchers in Northwest Florida. Each fact sheet...
Injection Site BQA Tips at Calf-working Time

Injection Site BQA Tips at Calf-working Time

Glenn Selk, Oklahoma State University Emeritus Extension Animal Scientist The month of May is traditionally the time when “spring round-ups” take place.  This is the time that large and small cow/calf operations schedule the “working” of the calves.  As the majority...
Nutrition of the Beef Herd During Transition into Summer

Nutrition of the Beef Herd During Transition into Summer

Nicolas DiLorenzo, Beef Specialist, University of Florida NFREC When it comes to beef cattle herd nutrition we often talk about two critical transition periods in Northwest Florida where we need to pay special attention to grazing management., and possibly even...