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Below are some articles in which
specialists discuss recommendations for
cowherd management, forage alternatives.
Herd management
2002
Early Summer Cow (PDF)
2002
Early Summer Cow (Doc)
Drought Considerations (PDF) Drought Considerations (Doc)
Tax Implications of Forced Sale (PDF)
Selling Early
Cattle
Price Trends (PDF)
Enhance Cyclical Returns
(PDF)
Marketing
Alternatives (PDF)
Evaluating
Custom Feeders/Retained Ownership (PDF)
Feed considerations
Making Quality Silage (PDF) Making Quality Silage (Doc)
Nitrate and Prussic
Acid Toxicity in Forage (PDF)
Nitrate
Toxicity
Prussic
Acid Toxicity (PDF)
Prussic
Acid Poisoning
Sampling
Feed (PDF)
Estimating
Crop Residue Available for Grazing (PDF)
Alternative
Feed Strategies Due to Drought (PDF)
Limit Feeding Beef Cattle (PDF)
Limit
Feeding for Growing Cattle (PDF)
Cowherd
Feeding Options to Minimize Cost (PDF)
Nutrition
for 2-year Heifer and Low Quality Hay (PDF)
High Energy Feed (PDF)
Correcting Feeds for Moisture Content (PDF)
Here are two methods for estimating the amount of moisture in your feed:
Estimating
Moisture in Feeds Using Microwave Oven (PDF)
Use a
Microwave to Determine Feed Moisture (PDF)
Emergency Supplemental Forages (PDF)
For additional tips, see
Beef Tips,
K-State Livestock & Meat
Marketing , and
Farm
Management Update.
Rodney Jones, K-State Department of Ag
Econ, also has some
decision making tools
available on-line. There are also a
collection of
spreadsheets on the North Dakota
web site, including a cow-calf management
spreadsheet and a feed evaluation
spreadsheet.
Michael Vogt, Extension Agent in
Marshall county, has updated his spreadsheet to help
evaluate the value of droughty corn cut for silage:
or if you have download difficulties, contact Mary Knapp for alternatives.
Latest Update: 06/12/2006
Return to K-State Research & Extension Drought Resource Homepage