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Find BRD Fast; Help Stockers Reach Their Potential
2014-09-24 20:48:56| Beef
When bovine respiratory disease (BRD) strikes, time is of the essence. That’s because the disease complex can move quickly, knocking cattle back hard and knocking a hole in your wallet. And not only does BRD hit you and your cattle hard up-front, but it can have long-term effects on performance and gain throughout an animal’s lifetime. read more
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BVD Management for Stockers and Feeders
2013-10-14 22:33:00| Beef
LimelightPlayerUtil.initEmbed("limelight_player_566811"); The prevalence of Bovine Viral Diarrhea (BVD) has remained constant over time, despite ongoing vaccinations to control the virus. What has changed is prevalence of the BVD strains responsible for infection. Strain 1a, which used to be the most prevalent found in BVD infections, has declined steadily for two decades. During the same period of time, the prevalence of BVD infections with strain 1b has increased 50%, according to Brad Williams, DVM, MBA at Elanco Animal Health. read more
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Stockers Offer Tremendous Marketing Flexibility
2013-09-30 18:18:00| Beef
If ever there was a year for cow-calf producers to wean, precondition and background spring-born calves, this is the year to do it, because most folks cost of gain would be less than the value of gain. Cattle Economics read more
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Stockers To Take Center Stage At K-State Beef Stocker Field Day Sept. 26
2013-08-23 05:36:46| Beef
Presentations running the gamut from beef stocker cattle economics to cattle health and environmental impact make up the fare for Kansas State University’s (KSU) Beef Stocker Field Day on Sept. 26. read more
High-Priced Stockers Might Still Pencil Out Profits
2013-06-26 00:45:00| Beef
Beef Producer In the good ol' days, many stocker/backgrounder operators simply knew if there was more than a dime of rollback, or slide, in cattle prices from start to finish weight, owning cattle wouldn't pay a profit. read more
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