Dr. Gary BatesDirector and ProfessorUT Beef & Forage CenterP: 865-974-7324 If you have been reading my articles for any length of time, you are aware that my kids provide a…
Forage Management: All My Kids Are Different
Livestock Health: Foot Rot- Prevention and Treatment
Dr. Lew StricklandAssociate Professor and Extension Livestock VeterinarianDepartment of Animal ScienceP: 865-974-3150 Adapted from OSU ANSI 3355 Anywhere there is moist wet abrasive environmental conditions; there is a problem with…
Cattle Economics: Navigation Systems for Cattle Production
Dr. Andrew GriffithAssistant ProfessorDepartment of Agricultural and Resource EconomicsP: 865-974-7480 The human race has been using navigation systems since the beginning of time with the navigation system changing as technology…
Cattle Genomics: Selection Indexes: The Perfect Tool For Breeding Profitable Cattle
Dr. Troy RowanAssistant ProfessorUTIA Genomics Center for the Advancement of AgricultureP: 865-974-3190 Originally Published: Nebraska Cattlemen Today’s commercial cattleman is left with an unprecedented amount of information when it comes…
Cattle Economics: Burnt Brisket and Roping the Wind
Dr. Andrew GriffithAssistant ProfessorDepartment of Agricultural and Resource EconomicsP: 865-974-7480 As the cattle market heads into November, it is clear many cattle producers feel like they have a burnt brisket,…
Cattle Nutrition: Don’t Put Your Cows on a Nutritional Roller Coaster
Dr. Katie MasonAssistant Professor and Extension Beef Cattle Nutrition SpecialistDepartment of Animal ScienceP: 865-974-8941 At a meeting just the other day, I heard an analogy that stuck with me: not…
Forage Management: What I Teach In My Forage Class
Dr. Gary BatesDirector and ProfessorUT Beef & Forage CenterP: 865-974-7324 I teach Plant Sciences 435, which is our Forages class. Every other fall I get to spend a semester teaching…
Cattle Reproduction: Seeing is Believing
Dr. Justin RhinehartProfessor and Extension Beef Cattle SpecialistDepartment of Animal ScienceP: 931-486-2129 Co-Author: Courtnie Carter; Beef Program Coordinator, UT Animal Science One of the most important aspects of Extension work…
Cattle Economics: Carrots, Sticks, and Cattle Markets
Dr. Andrew GriffithAssistant ProfessorDepartment of Agricultural and Resource EconomicsP: 865-974-7480 What provides encouragement to do a job and achieve an objective? The answer depends on who needs the encouragement. Some…
Forage Management: A Simple Way to Calibrate Sprayers
Dr. Gary BatesDirector and ProfessorUT Beef & Forage CenterP: 865-974-7324 November and December are good months to control most of the cool-season weeds found in our pastures and hayfields. Not…
