Grazing Techniques that Reduce Feeding Costs

Utilizing your forage resources and making the best use of your pasture will reduce your feeding cost. For livestock farmers, managing pastures and grazing efficiently is critical for cutting costs.    Forages supply over 80% of the annual feed requirement of any livestock farm. Profit from a livestock farm or cow-calf operation often depends on how efficiently animals are grazed and how well...

Get your Pastures Ready for Spring Grazing

Are your pastures ready for spring grazing? Spring is here and it’s the best time for you to prepare and plan pastures for the seasons grazing. It’s important that you plan ahead to get a good start this spring.  Here are some tips for spring pasture grazing. We’ve been having some great spring weather here for the last few days and so I thought I would talk about spring pasture in this blog....

Sustainable Livestock Nutrition & Management Tools

During the hot summer and early fall, a healthy diet becomes just as important for humans as it does for the livestock. Diet and animal management play a significant role in modern livestock operation and dairy cattle farms. This includes having daily rations and good use of minerals, supplements and formulations of a diet. The livestock industry and farmers are responsible for managing...

Livestock Handling Tips – Understanding Livestock Behavior

If you own a farm and need to manage and lead your herd, you must understand animal behavior. Understanding animal behavior can minimize animals’ stress related behaviors that may cause damage and become difficult for animal handlers. All animals are different but we could try understanding each species of animal and try to maximize their specific behavior. Study of animal ethnology Farming and...

New FDA And Federal Government Regulations Of Livestock

New FDA requirements for livestock antibiotics There have been several significant changes announced by the Food and Drugs Administration regarding the use of antibiotics in livestock. According to the new regulations of the U. S FDA, and Veterinary Feed Directives (VFD), a veterinary will need to supervise the use of antibiotic drugs on livestock. The American Veterinary Medical Association...