Tips for Dry-Lot Feeding Beef Cattle

If you are a cattle farmer, you may already know that maintaining your cattle herd during the dry seasons can be a challenging task. We will discuss a drought management strategy called dry-lot feeding in this article. Drought and high temperatures can literally bake your pasture grasses. So if you live in an area where you might have periods of dry weather, you may need to implement some of...

How You Could Feed Livestock More Efficiently

Livestock farming is a dynamic industry. It is evolving rapidly based on demands for animal based protein. However, the cost of farming and feeding animals is increasing rapidly as well, and so, feed utilization for livestock needs improving. Here you will find sustainable methods of feeding your livestock for maximum efficiency. Feeding animals the right kind of food with minimum cost is a...

Feeding Beef Cattle Hydroponic Micro-Green Fodder

The United States is the leading beef producing country in the world, producing over 27 billion pounds of beef annually. However, beef consumption has been declining steadily since the 1970s, when per capita beef consumption was around 70 pounds per year. Today, beef consumption is around 50 pounds per person, per year in the United States. Although beef consumption has declined at home, the...

Managing Pastures For Climate Changes

Ever since we, the human beings, became food producers rather than food gatherers, we have been managing our farm lands and pastures for livestock to graze upon. This has been a fundamental activity for humans in order to sustain livelihood on the planet. There are approximately 14 billion hectors of land available for farming on earth, and among them we use 10% of the ice free land for crop...