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A rancher recently posted on a facebook group I’m part of that she’d lost 4 cows and one bull to bloat four days after turning them into a frosted alfalfa pasture. via Frost Can Cause Forage Hazards – Protect Your Livestock — On Pasture
Several forage species can be extremely toxic soon after a frost because they contain compounds called cyanogenic glucosides that are converted quickly to prussic acid (i.e. hydrogen cyanide) in freeze-damaged plant tissues. Others species have an increased risk of causing bloat when grazed after a frost, those are discussed at the end of this […]
For many livestock producers, the grazing season is about to come to an end and it will be time to start feeding hay. There are several different methods of feeding large round bales of hay, with advantages and disadvantages of each. Maybe one of the most common practices I see is the use of round […]
From November of 2017, here are two questions we ask ourselves every year. I often talk about taking inventory of winter feedstuff. I’m primarily measuring dry matter, e.g. 32 more words via How Much Winter Feed/Forage Do I Need? Am I Feeding the Right Animals? — On Pasture
With drought impacting feed availability, and tariffs reducing soybean exports, some of us may be looking at ways to use what we have a lot of to make up for a lack of grazeable forage. 21 more words via Use Caution When Feeding Soybeans to Cattle — On Pasture
Here’s a 4:13 video from the Land Stewardship Program’s Bridge to Soil Health Initiative. In it, Kaleb Anderson shows how he uses “sacrifice” pastures planted in cover crops to keep his cattle off their hilly pastures in the spring to prevent erosion and eliminate topsoil loss.Then to counteract the damage done, he lets it heal… via […]
Profitability in the cattle business is possible. Here are three ratios that will add cash to your bottom line. via 3 grazing ratios you should obsess over to be profitable — Beef Magazine
Here are the ins and outs and the math for figuring out how big each strip should be to feed your cattle and make best use of your stockpile from our November 2014 issue of On Pasture. 21 more words via Setting up for Strip Grazing Your Stockpiled Forage — On Pasture
Thanks to South Dakota State Extension for this article! Nutritional management of the cow herd is more important during the periods of late pregnancy and early lactation than any other time in the annual production cycle. “Nutrition has a huge impact on the performance of both the cow and the newborn calf,” said Ken Olson,… via […]
Mycotoxins influence feed quality and animal safety. Corn silage samples from across the entirety of the U.S. in 2017 have shown extremely high levels of mycotoxins, particularly deoxynivalenol (DON), type A trichothecenes (T-2), fusaric acid and fumonisin. Mycotoxins are a regular concern for producers, as they influence feed quality and animal safety. They are […]
