Precise feed rations are critical to maintaining a healthy cattle herd in the most efficient way possible. Slick bunk ...

Livestock care is not just lip service and it takes a commitment by ranchers who benefit from efficiency, according to Dr. AJ ...

It’s remembered as one of the worst winter storms to hit KELOLAND: the deadly blizzard of 1975. According to the National ...

“If you don't feed cattle for a week ... "If you're a few inches off, you will hit the bunk," Khor said. "They're major vehicles and so we need really, really precise accuracy of the vehicle." ...

Move hay feeders, mineral feeders or feed bunks to different spots in the sacrifice areas to “lure” livestock to different, unpopular parts of the area. This can help to reduce damage and mud ...

Uneaten hay where animals are fed in the fields provides fly breeding areas. * Uneaten grain in or around feed troughs (poor bunk management) or storage bins should be cleaned up on a regular basis.

This is particularly true of preconditioned or creep-fed cattle. A common method that attracts cattle to the bunk and encourages feed intake includes delivery of the receiving ration after ...

Dairy farmers need to make efforts to use their farm data to manage nutrition, monitor the results, then train staff ...

Dairy cattle require physical fiber in order to maintain the forage mat in the rumen, stimulate chewing, and buffer the rumen. Leaving the feed bunk empty is not the solution to cutting feed costs.

Cattle feeding has been a dicey business the past few years ... That accounts for 950,000 individual bunk spaces removed. “We’ve still got over capacity,” he says, adding more feedlots closing “is ...