By Paul Beck, David Lalman and Alexi Moehlenpah. To ensure their animal's diets are balanced nutritionally, producers must know available feed nutrient composition, physical and digestive characteristics and the animal's nutrient requirements.

By Eric A. DeVuyst, Hannah Shear and Derrell Peel. Evaluate the financial stress associated with replacement heifer purchases financed with debt with a stress analysis spreadsheet.

By Brian R. Williams, Eric DeVuyst, Derrell S. Peel, Kellie Curry Raper. Learn about the probability of success with calf value-added management practices.

This circular describes dry matter intake, protein, and energy needs of various classes of beef cattle.

Learn about the effect that extended stocker grazing has on wheat and stocker profits.

An explanation as to why first hollow stem is the best time to remove cattle from a wheat pasture and clarification that points to when this timing occurs.

By David Lalman and Daniel Stein. Learn about body condition scoring of beef cows.

In a recent study (DeVuyst et al. 2022), we investigated the economic differences in Angus-derived beef cows. Angus, Red Angus and Aberdeen Angus (also called “Low-line Angus)derive from the same original breed but now have significant differences in phenotype and genetics due to selection pressures.