Saunders County Quarterly Ag Breakfast
Offered at the Following Local Location:
Friday, August 26th - 7:30-9:00 a.m.
Eastern Nebraska Research and Extension Center
Hot breakfast, sponsored by First Northeast Bank of Nebraska and the Saunders County Livestock Association, will be served at 7:30 a.m.
Following the meal, Jeff Peterson, President of Heartland Farm Partners, will provide a market update
It is appreciated if participants pre-register by August 24th by calling the Saunders County Extension Office at 402-624-8030.
Handling Cattle through High Heat Humidity Indexes
As temps ramp up again this week and last until who knows when, keep in mind this beef cattle temp humidity chart when working cattle. The goal is to do the work in the white, but Mother Nature might not be offering much of that in the next week...
As cattlemen enter the summer months, they need to understand and deal with heat and humidity. We need to consider some guidelines to help us reduce additional stress on cattle during these events and incorporate some of the following practices into our management practices.
Determining Value of Beef Through Grading
When a beef animal is harvested, the value of the carcass and the resulting cuts are determined based on the grades of the carcass. Quality grading and yield grading is monitored by the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (USDA AMS). Unlike inspection, which monitors food safety and is mandatory for meat products being sold in the United States, grading is a voluntary program and is used to determine the marketability of the product.
Implants Equate to Efficiency in Stocker Cattle
This spring as the grass continues to green up yearling cattle will find their way to the pastures of the great plains for summer grazing. Cattle are stocked on grass pasture this time of year due to its additional nutritive quality that equates to gains, relative to dormant pastures, prior to entering the feedlot. One economically justifiable way to make stocker cattle more efficient on grass is by administering implants. Utilization of implants in stocker cattle can increase average daily gain by 5-20%, improve feed efficiency by 5-15%, and improve lean tissue deposition by 5-12%.