Month: February 2015

Maintaining Health Throughout the Backgrounding Period

Nutrition Bloat is one condition to be particularly attentive of following introducing calves to backgrounding rations. In feedlot situations, “frothy” bloat is more common than “free gas” bloat. In frothy […]

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U.S. Soybean Production Prospects for 2015

Stocks of U.S. soybeans at the end of the current marketing year are expected to be at an eight-year high, according to a University of Illinois agricultural economist. In addition, […]

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Keep Stored Grain Cool and Dry

Keeping stored grain cool is important as outdoor temperatures start to warm this spring, a North Dakota State University Extension Service agricultural engineer advises. Each 10 degrees the grain temperature […]

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Adding FAPRI-MU Projections to the Mix

A February 4, 2015 farmdoc daily article by Scott Irwin and Darrel Good looked at the historical performance of USDA projections and futures markets in estimating farm prices for corn, […]

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Cow Contentment is a Good Thing

Although the feel of spring actually is not in the air, the ending of winter is starting to be noticed. The air occasionally has some warmth, and those springlike snows […]

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