Digital dermatitis (DD) is on the way to becoming the number one cause of lameness in U.S. feedlot cattle and a BIG problem for feedlot producers. The common name for DD is hairy heel wart. Digital refers to the claw and dermatitis means inflammation of the skin. Simply put, there may be overlong hairs surrounding circular or oval lesions above the coronary hoof band on the back side of the foot.
Industry Groups Condemn Special Investigator
NCBA and other industry groups condemned the unfunded and duplicative Meat and Poultry Special Investigator Act of 2022, which was marked up by the House Agriculture Committee. Learn more about the proposed legislation
Cost-Effective Management of Stocker Cattle
Optimizing cattle performance and maintaining pasture health are important considerations when striving to maximize profitability and sustainability on a Flint Hills pasture yearling grazing operation. In order to achieve each calf’s potential for maximum gain, producers should employ every feasible management strategy available. Even though prices are elevated in many facets of beef cattle production today, there are cost-cutting measures that can be employed by stocker operators that have minimal performance impacts on calves, while maintaining a respectable margin for returns and risk.
Facilities and Avoiding Injury while Working Cattle
Objectives of good cattle working facilities include reducing stress on the animals, increasing the efficiency of our labor, and the safety of both cattle and humans alike. Proper facility design and good stockmanship skills are critically important to handling cattle as safely and efficiently as possible. A good working facility, understanding animal behavior and good animal husbandry skills all work in synergy with regard the safe handling of cattle. A good cattle working facility is typically designed with many considerations.
Bloat is a form of indigestion marked by an abnormal distention of the rumen caused by accumulated gas. Gases produced in the normal rumen fermentation process are normally eructated or “belched up.” When bloating occurs, these gases cannot escape. They continue to build up and cause severe distention of the abdomen, compression of the heart and lungs, and eventually death. Feedlot bloat occurs infrequently and death losses are minimal in well-managed feedlots.
Will China Meet Their Growing Beef Demand by Raising It
As China has completely changed their pork production and commercialized it, will they also attempt to revolutionize beef production in their country to meet growing beef demand?
