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July 2016 Feedlot Facts
Aug. 31, 2017The strong dollar is good for a lot of things, or so I’m told. However, the strong dollar also hurts our export markets because our product instantly becomes...
September 2015 Feedlot Facts
Aug. 31, 2017Vaccine and antimicrobial technology continues to improve at a breakneck pace. Yet we continue to see that calves which are unprepared for life in the feedlot...
February 2013 Feedlot Facts
Aug. 31, 2017Use of ionophores in the feedlot industry is commonplace, but they are still a relative novelty in the cow/calf sector. It may help clarify the function and...
December 2011 Feedlot Facts
Aug. 31, 2017Mud kills. It kills performance, it kills profitability, and it can kill cattle. That seems like an ironic way to begin an article when most of the High Plains...
July 2014 Feedlot Facts
Aug. 31, 2017Normally, we consider the energy value of roughage in the finishing diet to be, at best, very low. The energy value is obviously very low compared to corn,...