Five Tips to Prevent Acidosis and Its Costs

– Justin O’Flaherty, Rock River Laboratory nutrition analytic consultant

We’ve all seen it: that one steer standing in the dry lot looking miserable, staring into nothingness with its head down like his favorite football team just lost a national championship. A football disappointment would be a less costly diagnosis, but this case is likely acidosis.

Acidosis is the most commonly seen nutritional disorder on cattle operations. However, it can be prevented fairly easily with Continue reading Five Tips to Prevent Acidosis and Its Costs

Ohio Beef School 2017, Hold the Dates!

Dates for the 2017 Ohio Beef School webinars have been set. Save the Tuesday evenings of January 17, February 7 and February 28, 2017 on your calendar for this year’s dynamic program. The 2017 school will take a close look at each of the three primary areas of production: cow/calf, backgrounding and the feedlot. Speakers, all the host locations and the specifics of each evening’s program will be released soon as they are finalized.

In the meantime, here’s a preliminary list of Continue reading Ohio Beef School 2017, Hold the Dates!

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Cold Storage Grows, Cattle on Feed Lower than Expected

– Katelyn McCullock, Economist, American Farm Bureau Federation

Two key USDA reports were released on Friday: monthly Cold Storage and Cattle on Feed.  Cold Storage indicated frozen stocks of beef have continued to increase, adding 9% compared to August and up 4% compared to last year. This also marks the fifth consecutive month beef inventories have Continue reading Cold Storage Grows, Cattle on Feed Lower than Expected