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Zmags
Right Match
Keep forages and feed in line
to increase performance.
Build Herd
Immunity
Healthy cow, healthy calf
Plus:
Stockmanship Tips
Early Disease Detection
Bull Purchase Homework
Nitrate, Acorn Poisonings
Alford Cattle Company
Growth and Carcass Genetics for the Southern United States
BULL TIME AGAIN
This month’s feature is our 1/4 blood bulls available for sale this fall. Just like
our 1/2 blood bulls shown last month, the quality of this year’s bulls runs
deep. These slick-haired, heat-tolerant bulls will sire the kind of calf that will
attract buyers, while at the same time have the carcass quality to grid if you
choose to retain ownership of your calves.
Combining the absolute best of modern Brahman and Angus genetics to produce herd sires that have
the right amount of ear and both grow
Right Match Keep forages and feed in line to
Alford Cattle Company Growth and Carcass Genetics
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D 10th Annual Multi-Breed Bull Sale!
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Just Coasting Mostly useless information from th
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Louisiana CattleWomen Slow Cooker Meal a Hit on B
Louisiana Beefmaster Graded Beefmaster Sale S
It’s The Pitts Cow College Lee Pitts is a humor
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Vet’s Voice Asking the Right Questions by Carla L
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Vet’s Voice
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Industry Updates Producer Attitudes Remain Pos
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NRCS photo by Beverly Moseley. Rethinking Proper
investment. Most just see it as an outflow becaus
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Rethinking Proper Nutrition
have access to the proper information.” N
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Build herd immunity starting with
“If something gets into the fetus, then s
Protect Your Cows
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Hold Tight Do your homework before unloading that
Healthy Genetics Healthy Profits “That includ
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TheLittleThings Watch for danger from acorn
weight loss (gaunt/tucked up), dehydration, and c
The Little Things
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Follow Their Nose & Other Stockmanship Tips Curt
Curt Pate move
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How Fast Can the Beef Cow Herd Be Rebuilt? by De
combination of larger cow slaughter (smaller than
A Step Ahead Early Disease Detection in Herds Imp
respiratory disease (BRD) is one of the major iss
On the Move ... could trichomoniasis
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The Right Stocking rate in forage systems is imp
economic return and allow us to avoid pasture det
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u u u Feed Matters to Vacci
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Checking up on Your BQA Practices The Be
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REPLACEMENT FEMALE SALE N
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Producers Attend Reproduction Classes at MSU
timing, it will be wasted effort,” she said. “An
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Improving Herds Beef producers shouldn’t focus on
pretty close to the level of milk that you need.
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Initiative for Underserved Farmers Benefits Cattl
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News & Notes AgCenter Field Day Oct. 3
the story of their fellow producers across the co
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New Products Roto-Mix Mixers Roto-Mix’s
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