Dr. Saulo ZocaAssistant ProfessorDepartment of Animal ScienceP: 931-486-2129 Producing replacement females is one of the most challenging and costly enterprises of a cow/calf operation. Heifers are the most critical stage…
Cattle Reproduction: Looking at Cow Longevity
Cattle Economics: Beef Trade Comparisons
Dr. Andrew GriffithAssistant ProfessorDepartment of Agricultural and Resource EconomicsP: 865-974-7480 Beef trade in 2022 was a record setter in several ways, but 2023 is not a mirror image of a…
Cattle Reproduction: Effect of Calving Difficulty on Reproductive Performance
Dr. Saulo ZocaAssistant ProfessorDepartment of Animal ScienceP: 931-486-2129 Fall calving season is upon us and what happens during this time can affect our breeding season results. Dystocia is the proper…
Cattle Economics: Cattle Production Cost
Dr. Andrew GriffithAssistant ProfessorDepartment of Agricultural and Resource EconomicsP: 865-974-7480 What does it cost to carry a cow? What is the cost of production in the cattle business? These are…
Forage Management: The Torch is Passed
Dr. Bruno PedreiraAssociate Professor and Extension Forage SpecialistDepartment of Plant SciencesDirector, UT Beef & Forage CenterP: 865-974-3535 The Torch is Passed and now I have “the best job at The…
Cattle Economics: Mothers- Fact, Fiction, Truth, Opinion
Dr. Andrew GriffithAssistant ProfessorDepartment of Agricultural and Resource EconomicsP: 865-974-7480 Fact, fiction, truth, and opinion are four words that can stir up a lot of angst, and every idea or…
Cattle Nutrition: Animal Science Extension Internship
Dr. Katie MasonAssistant Professor and Extension Beef Cattle Nutrition SpecialistDepartment of Animal ScienceP: 865-974-8941 Article by: Brilee Culbert I have always been interested in agriculture. My brother and I grew…
Forage Management: Passing the Torch
Dr. Gary BatesDepartment Head and Professor, Plant SciencesDirector, UT Beef & Forage CenterP: 865-974-7324 After writing literally hundreds of articles for the Tennessee Cattle Business, it is time for me…
Cattle Reproduction: Bull Development and Evaluation Program – Class of 2023-2024
Dr. Saulo ZocaAssistant ProfessorDepartment of Animal ScienceP: 931-486-2129 It doesn’t seem like that long ago that we were preparing for our Spring sale in January 2023. Time has flown by…
Cattle Genomics: Sustainability in the Beef Industry: Doing More with Less
Dr. Troy RowanAssistant ProfessorUTIA Genomics Center for the Advancement of AgricultureP: 865-974-3190 Sustainability is a word that gets about as many reactions as it has definitions. This is true in…
