Dr. Katie MasonAssistant Professor and Extension Beef Cattle Nutrition SpecialistDepartment of Animal ScienceP: 865-974-8941 Minerals are a crucial part of beef cattle nutrition. It is important to provide a complete…
Cattle Nutrition: Should you be feeding high-magnesium mineral?
Cattle Economics: Cow-Calf and Stocker Cattle Budgets
Dr. Andrew GriffithAssistant ProfessorDepartment of Agricultural and Resource EconomicsP: 865-974-7480 Each year, we (i.e. me and a colleague under the umbrella of the University of Tennessee Extension) develop a cow-calf…
Forage Management: Going Round in Circles
Dr. Gary BatesDirector and ProfessorUT Beef & Forage CenterP: 865-974-7324 Here is a useless fact about me. One of my favorite songs is “Will It Go Round in Circles” by…
Cattle Genomics: Heterosis boosts the bottom line
Dr. Troy RowanAssistant ProfessorUTIA Genomics Center for the Advancement of AgricultureP: 865-974-3190 Sometimes, I get ahead of myself as a beef cattle genomics researcher. I’m always thinking about the “next…
Forage Management: Mark Your Points
Dr. Gary BatesDirector and ProfessorUT Beef & Forage CenterP: 865-974-7324 Maybe it’s just me, but time sure seems to past faster now than when I was younger. It is hard…
Cattle Economics: Cattle Market Outlook for 2021 from a Professional Novice
Dr. Andrew GriffithAssistant ProfessorDepartment of Agricultural and Resource EconomicsP: 865-974-7480 I do not have the charisma of Yogi Berra, but here are a few thoughts recounting 2020 cattle markets. “Cattle…
Cattle Reproduction: Instant Coffee isn’t Instant
Dr. Justin RhinehartProfessor and Extension Beef Cattle SpecialistDepartment of Animal ScienceP: 931-486-2129 The old truism goes “there’s no such thing as a free lunch.” That is certainly true, but the…
Cattle Nutrition: Winter Mud Creates Feeding Challenges
Dr. Katie MasonAssistant Professor and Extension Beef Cattle Nutrition SpecialistDepartment of Animal ScienceP: 865-974-8941 Have you ever taken a mud bath? I don’t mean the kind where you sit in…
Livestock Health: Ivermectin Unproven as Treatment for COVID-19
Dr. Lew StricklandAssociate Professor and Extension Livestock VeterinarianDepartment of Animal ScienceP: 865-974-3150 Social media outlets have been chattering about a recent in vitro study conducted in Australia regarding the antiviral effects of…
