Cattle feeding is an important value added enterprise on Iowa farms, while production efficiencies impact feedlot success, buying and selling prices are the largest determinant of cattle feeding profits. Because of seasonal fed and feeder cattle and corn price patterns, some months are more...

Effects of Stocking Rate and Corn Gluten Feed Supplementation of Performance of Two-year Cows Grazing Stockpiled Forage during Winter.

Valuing Double Vaccination in Feeder Cattle

Retaining ownership of calves beyond weaning is a value-added process that provides cow owners opportunities for additional profit. It turns lower value calves and feedstuffs into higher value animals. The accelerating trend toward value-based marketing also provides an opportunity for cow...

One of the main goals of livestock price forecasts is to reduce the risk associated with decisions that producers make. Thus, the producers need instruments that decrease or at least identify the risk, and help the producer's decision. The Lean Hog Futures is a single location where anyone with...