Dr. Gary BatesDirector and ProfessorUT Beef & Forage CenterP: 865-974-7324 Almost everyone agrees that tall fescue is the foundation of the beef cattle industry in Tennessee. Fescue is very productive…
Forage Management: Summer Annuals for Pasture or Hay
Cattle Reproduction: Nothing To It But Do It
Dr. Justin RhinehartProfessor and Extension Beef Cattle SpecialistDepartment of Animal ScienceP: 931-486-2129 I have heard the phrase “nothing to it but to do it” all my life. For me, it…
Cattle Genomics: Foot and Leg EPDs: New Tools for Selecting Structurally Sound Cattle
Dr. Troy RowanAssistant ProfessorUTIA Genomics Center for the Advancement of AgricultureP: 865-974-3190 There is a quote from the famed British mathematician and physicist Lord Kelvin that states, “If you cannot…
Cattle Nutrition: The Value of Feedback
Dr. Katie MasonAssistant Professor and Extension Beef Cattle Nutrition SpecialistDepartment of Animal ScienceP: 865-974-8941 It’s hard to believe that April is already here! I am 8 months into this position…
Cattle Economics: Stocker Cattle Sins and Servitude
Dr. Andrew GriffithAssistant ProfessorDepartment of Agricultural and Resource EconomicsP: 865-974-7480 The stocker cattle business can be extremely rewarding when a producer follows all of the rules and devotes his or…
Forage Management: Making Haylage
Dr. Gary BatesDirector and ProfessorUT Beef & Forage CenterP: 865-974-7324 One of the forage production methods that has changed during my career is the process of making haylage. My first…
Cattle Nutrition: When Feed Prices are High… Cattle Still Have to Eat
Dr. Katie MasonAssistant Professor and Extension Beef Cattle Nutrition SpecialistDepartment of Animal ScienceP: 865-974-8941 No matter the challenge, be it high feed prices or significant weather events, cattle still have…
Forage Management: Learning New Things
Dr. Gary BatesDirector and ProfessorUT Beef & Forage CenterP: 865-974-7324 I have always been the breakfast cook in our home. Part of it is because I get up earlier than…
Cattle Economics: Cattle Inventory and the Direction of the Market
Dr. Andrew GriffithAssistant ProfessorDepartment of Agricultural and Resource EconomicsP: 865-974-7480 The January 1 Cattle Inventory report is a report that many people in the cattle industry look forward to each…
Livestock Health: Limb Fractures in Calves: Repairs and Outcomes
Dr. Lew StricklandAssociate Professor and Extension Livestock VeterinarianDepartment of Animal ScienceP: 865-974-3150 Co-author: Pierre-Yves Mulon DVM DACVSAssistant Professor Large Animal Clinical SciencesThe University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine Considering…
