Beef Cattle

Six new articles have been posted in this week’s issue number 1297 of the Ohio BEEF Cattle letter: http://u.osu.edu/beef/

To suggest it’s been a challenge this spring to get hay properly dried for baling is an understatement. However, baling hay in an effort to beat the next rain comes with some risk . . . that of fire. This week Jason Hartschuh, Allen Gahler, and Mark Sulc offer suggestions for mitigating that risk.

Articles this week include:

• A Rose We Love to Hate
• Hay barn fires are a real hazard
• Plan Now for Tenth Annual OCA Replacement Female Sale
• Assessing trace mineral status in ruminants, and factors that affect measurements of trace mineral status
• Beef Cow Slaughter Remains Elevated
• The Market Has Topped

Small Ruminant

• How Do Sulfates in Water Affect Livestock Health?
  • Robin Salverson, South Dakota State University Extension Cow/Calf Field Specialist (Previously published with South Dakota State University Extension: November 18, 2021) Water sources that are often assumed Read more…
• Ethnic Marketing of Sheep and Goats
• Summer Grazing with Winter Confinement (Intensive Management) of Sheep
  • Marie S. Bulgin, DVM, MBA, DACVM, the University of Idaho (Previously published in the Merck Manual – Veterinary Manual: June 2016) These types of sheep enterprises tend Read more…