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Up one level- BeefTalk: With Every Ear Tag, There Should Be a Cow Attached ( 2009-11-19 )
- The utilization and incorporation of animal identification within a herd is best left as an individual decision.
- Anderson Named Communicator of the Year ( 2009-11-18 )
- NDSU animal scientist Vern Anderson is selected as 2009 communicator of the year.
- Beef Symposium Set for Dec. 2-3 in Williston ( 2009-11-13 )
- Cattle industry experts, producers and university specialists will share information on beef production issues at a two-day symposium.
- NDSU Feedout Project Seeks Calves ( 2009-11-12 )
- The deadline to participate in the 2009-10 Eastern North Dakota Cattle Feedout is Nov. 30.
- BeefTalk: Collaborative Thought Is Better Than Competitive Strategy ( 2009-10-29 )
- Answers to survival in the beef industry will take collaborative thought, not competitive strategy.
- BeefTalk: Do You Know Your IMPS numbers? ( 2009-10-22 )
- Meat is not chunks of product chopped at random.
- Carefully Consider Backgrounding ( 2009-10-12 )
- Weigh the pros and cons before deciding to background calves this year.
- Turn Frost-damaged Corn into Silage ( 2009-10-09 )
- NDSU’s dairy specialist offers advice on using frost-damaged corn for silage.
- BeefTalk: Four Tons of Calf Is Not Easy to Give Up ( 2009-10-08 )
- Evaluate the cows, check the condition score and take steps to start improving the most likely problem, which is cow nutrition.
- Lardy Named NDSU Animal Sciences Head ( 2009-10-07 )
- Greg Lardy takes over as head of NDSU’s Animal Sciences Department.
- Dairy Focus: FARM Program Will Authenticate Dairy Farm Practices ( 2009-10-06 )
- A new program promotes consistency in animal care.
- BeefTalk: Just Under the Floorboards ( 2009-10-01 )
- If one has ever dismantled an old home, lifting the floorboards can be quite interesting. Perhaps it is as simple as an old coin that rolled between the boards or a long-held stash of papers put there as a place to reside and eventually were boarded over.
- BeefTalk: Age and Source Verification ( 2009-09-24 )
- Age and source verification for meat and source verification for many more food products are management processes that seem to please consumers.
- Stop Feed Loss to Birds ( 2009-09-21 )
- Birds can cause a huge loss of cattle feed.
- Protect Livestock Against Anthrax ( 2009-09-18 )
- NDSU’s veterinarian and state animal health officials urge livestock producers to get their animals vaccinated for anthrax.
- BeefTalk: Today's Market Preparation Begins with an Ear Tag ( 2009-09-17 )
- The process of preparing calves for market does not change the anticipation or remove the nervousness associated with marketing the annual calf crop.
- BeefTalk: The Simpler the Better ( 2009-09-10 )
- If you want to know how much something weighs, weigh it.
- Dakota Fall Ram Test to Start at NDSU Hettinger Research Extension Center ( 2009-09-09 )
- The Dakota Fall Ram Test is one of three Rambouillet Ram Tests in the nation that provide producers the opportunity to measure both performance and wool traits.
- Deadline for Livestock Indemnity Program is Sept. 13 ( 2009-09-02 )
- Producers need to file a notice of loss and complete the application for payment at the local county office of the Farm Service Agency.
- Corn Silage, Barley Excellent Feeds for Growing Calves ( 2009-08-26 )
- An abundance of corn and barley this year could be good news for producers with calves to feed.