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Study Takes Step Toward Disease Resistance Plants, Sustainability

published: November 20th 2008 source: Purdue University

A five-year study that could help increase disease resistance, stress tolerance and plant yields is under way at Purdue University. The $4 million project uses a new technique called "mutant-assisted gene identification and characterization," or MAGIC, to identify potentially useful gene combinations in crop species....

Feeding In Cold Weather

published: November 12th 2008 by: James B. Neel, extension beef specialist source: University of Tennessee

Many cow/calf producers are not aware that cold weather brings added nutritional needs for cattle. Or, if they recognize that their cattle are stressed, they aren’t sure how – or what – they should do to offset it....

Forage Quality Trends Lower In 2008

published: November 5th 2008 source: University of Arkansas Extension Service

  LITTLE ROCK - An analysis of the forage samples submitted to the University of Arkansas, Diagnostics Laboratory in 2008, indicates a troubling trend - forage quality is dropping. Forage analysis results for Bermuda grass, fescue and mixed grass samples submitted between May and October were compared over the past 10 years, says Dr....

Winter Feed Can Account For 70% Of Feed Expenses

published: November 3rd 2008 by: David Burton source: Springfield News Leader

So figuring out where to spend your money on supplements is an important decision, according to Wesley Tucker, agriculture business specialist, University of Missouri Extension. "Developing a good supplementation program is a simple four-step process that each producer can do themselves," he said....

Monsanto Establishes Fund For Plant Breeding

published: November 1st 2008 source: TAMU Ag Communications

COLLEGE STATION – Monsanto Co. has provided $750,000 to establish a graduate assistantship fund in plant breeding at Texas A&M University. The Monsanto Graduate Assistantship Fund in Plant Breeding will be matched by Texas AgriLife Research and the university’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences....

Economics of creep feeding

published: October 31st 2008 by: By Louisiana State University Beef Cattl

Currently, with regard to beef calves, heavier calves are retaining a considerably higher percentage of their value when compared to their lighter counterparts. For instance, there may be only a ten to fifteen percent difference in the price/lb between a 450 and 750 lb calf....

Cattle Fed Distiller’s Grain Retain Tenderness and Flavor

published: October 22nd 2008 by: Kay Ledbetter source: TAMU Ag Communications

The availability and use of wet distiller’s grains in beef finishing diets continues to increase as the ethanol industry expands, and some Texas AgriLife Research scientists are trying to determine if that will affect consumers’ meat purchases....

Balancing Rations by Hand or Computer

published: October 20th 2008 by: Dale M. Forsyth, Animal Science Dept source: Purdue University

Statement of Purpose: I have received numerous requests for a reprint of a paper I wrote entitled Computer Programming of Beef Cattle Diets, a chapter in the book BEEF CATTLE FEEDING AND NUTRITION, 2nd Ed....

Higher Risks, Greater Awards

published: October 14th 2008 by: Jeff DeYoung source: Farm and Ranch Guide

AMES, Iowa - Feed costs will continue to drive the livestock market for the foreseeable future, a group of analysts said at a recent livestock risk conference here. But, with that higher risk could come greater reward....

Frequently Asked Nutrition Questions

published: October 7th 2008 source: University of Arkansas

Question: How do I feed my cattle during drought conditions?     Answer: See Example Feeding Programs for Drought Conditions (PDF) for the information you need. Question. Can I feed cottonseed meal to my young bulls?     Answer....

Feeding methods to reduce hay wastage

published: October 3rd 2008 by: Twig T. Marston source: Kansas State University

Producers concerned with lowering their feed bills need to evaluate and optimize their hay handling techniques.  Kansas farm management date from 1980 to 2006 indicate that the total annual cow cost (both variable and fixed) has risen to over $550 per cow and that feed expenses are 47....

Gin Trash and Peanut Hulls Possible Feedstuffs for Cattle

published: September 23rd 2008 source: Beef Cattle Browsing

As prices of most feedstuffs have increased dramatically, producers search for lower-cost materials. Auburn University researchers compared cotton gin trash and peanut hulls. Steers of Angus X Continental breeding initially weighing 513 lb were fed for 112 days either: -45% peanut hulls + 55% cracked corn -45% peanut hulls + 47% cracked corn + 8% cottonseed meal -45% gin trash + 55% cracked corn -45% gin trash + 47% cracked corn + 8% cottonseed meal Steers on gin trash ate significantly more (22....

Tips For Storing Dried Distillers Grain

published: September 16th 2008 by: Darrell R. Mark, Galen E. Erickson, Josi source: University of Nebraska

In the last few years, the decrease in co-product price, particularly for wet distillers grains plus solubles (WDGS), during the late summer months has provided incentive for producers to purchase co-products and store it to feed at a later date....

Feeding For Weight Gain

published: September 8th 2008 source: Noble Foundation

Historically, feeder calf prices decline as weight increases. That relationship of price to weight still exists, but it has narrowed considerably due to the high price of corn and feedlot cost of gain....

Texas Tech Professor Helps Bring New Wave To Feeding Industry

published: September 2nd 2008 by: Marlena Hartz source: Avalanche-Journal

The machine's steel bars, built like a Venus flytrap, clenched the steer, holding him still on a chilly morning so a team of Texas Tech researchers could accurately measure his weight. The steer - tagged number 737 - is a resident of the university's farm in New Deal....

A&M Researcher Develops Drought Resistant Corn

published: August 26th 2008 by: Robert Burns source: TAMU Ag Communications

ETTER – At the end of the day, drought tolerance in corn has to equate to good yields and good quality, not just good looks, said a Texas AgriLife Research scientist. Dr. Wenwei Xu, AgriLife Research corn breeder from Lubbock, is working with crosses between temperate and tropically adapted varieties of corn to find a drought-tolerant plant that performs well under reduced irrigation....

New Virus Threatens High Plains Wheat Crop

published: August 21st 2008 by: Kay Ledbetter source: TAMU Ag Communications

AMARILLO – Triticum mosaic virus poses a new threat to Texas wheat, according to Texas AgriLife Research scientists in Amarillo. The disease was discovered in 2006 by Dr. Dallas Seifers, a Kansas State University researcher, said Jacob Price, AgriLife Research associate researcher....

Corn Numbers For Harvest Increases

published: August 12th 2008 by: Alan Bjerga source: Bloomberg News Service

Corn and soybean crops in the U.S., the world's largest producer, avoided the damage investors anticipated in June from the worst flooding in 15 years as ``ideal'' weather helped plants recover, the government said....

2008 High Plains Wheat Harvest Disappointing

published: July 31st 2008 by: Kay Ledbetter source: TAMU Ag Communications

AMARILLO – Following record wheat yields experienced in the High Plains last year, 2008 was a disappointment, said a Texas AgriLife Extension Service expert. Throughout the Panhandle, many dryland, and even a few of the irrigated fields, were not harvested due to drought and virus infection, said Dr....

To maximize biofuel potential, researchers look for sorghum’s "sweet spot"

published: September 21st 2007

BEAUMONT – Picture this – IV (intravenous) lines in a sorghum field. It’s not as far-fetched as it sounds. It’s one way that scientists at the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station are researching crops that may contribute to the biofuel revolution....

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