Heifers Articles
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The Triple Challenge: Genetic Selection For Feed Efficiency
Like many other traditional industries such as automotive and banking, the agriculture and food markets are constantly faced with fundamental market shifts. New technology, science, digital capabilities, infrastructure, and viral marketing are beginning to converge, changing the environment and rules that many industries operate in. At Vytelle, we believe farmers are faced with what we refer to ...
By Vytelle, LLC
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Automated Feeders Offer Explorations into New Management Practices to Improve Stillborn Rates
A 5,000-Head Commercial Sow-Farm Research Introduction In modern sow farms, piglet mortality is the leading restraint in producers not reaching their maximum production potential. According to the last US national database evaluation performed by Dr. Stalder in 2018, the US had an industry average of ~26% pre-weaning mortality, with nearly 10% of those attributed to stillborn (Stalder, 2018). ...
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What Types of Farm Animals Can Use Dura Trac Flooring?
Part of running a farm is making sure you have the best set up for your livestock. Advancements in technology have led to Dura Trac flooring, a great way to help keep your livestock healthy by providing a solid, clean environment for them to traverse in their stalls. Can all farm animals can use Dura Trac flooring? Whether you have small animals or large ones, Dura Trac flooring can provide the ...
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Summer Strategies to Reduce Whole-Herd Heat Stress
Summer is just around the corner and with it, heat stress. According to a 2019 Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research study, the US dairy industry experiences $1.5 billion in losses annually to heat stress. Higher temperatures can affect herds, and in turn, can decrease performance, production, and profit. However, heat stress impacts more than just the milking herd. Between calves, dry ...
By Diamond V
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Healthy Heifers; High Conception Rates, Promising Future - Case Study
Through a dairy ventilation system designed with adequate intake, recirculation, and exhaust fans Fetzer’s heifers receive optimal fresh airflow at their ...
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Reduce Summer Heat Stress in Dairy Cows and Mitigate Winter Pneumonia - Case Study
Fetzer Farms operates a double-20 parallel DeLaval milking parlor as well as its own calf and heifer facilities in Elmwood, WI. Their animal environments need to accommodate unpredictable summer humidity and heat, followed by below-zero winter temperatures and shorter daylight ...
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Strategies to help you improve feed efficiency in livestock
One of the largest expenses for a farming operation is feed. Having the right feed can make the difference between breeding a heifer this month or a few months down the road. It allows your chickens to grow quickly to reach their full size. It helps your sheep produce beautiful wool instead of an unmarketable mess. But how do you balance the scale between feed expense on one end and ...
By BESTMIX
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Beef Farmer Spring 2017 `Trace elements are key to growth rates`
Iodine has a direct impact on growth rates as it is incorporated into the thyroid hormones which control metabolism, promoting efficient live weight gain. Annie Williams, Animal Scientist with Agrimin says that many beef units fall short on achieving optimum growth rates because animals do not receive adequate levels of trace elements at grass. She says that with increased feed costs, many ...
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Supplementation strategies effects on performance of beef heifers grazing stockpiled pastures
The increased cost of inputs has led livestock producers in the southeastern United States to use alternative management practices to supplement beef cattle (Bos spp.) on pastures. The objective of this study was to evaluate the performance of beef heifers grazing stockpiled limpograss [Hemarthria altissima (Poir.) Stapf & C.E. Hubb.] pastures supplemented with cottonseed meal (CSM, Gossypium ...
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Effects of dried distillers` grains with solubles (wheat-based) in feedlot cattle diets on feces and manure composition
The use of dried distillers' grains with solubles (DDGS) in feedlot cattle (Bos taurus) diets is increasing as the bio-ethanol industry expands. This study investigated how wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) DDGS-based diets impact feedlot cattle nutrient and volatile fatty acid (VFA) excretion. Feedlot heifers were fed DDGS at 0 (Control) 20, 40, 60% or 60% + Ca (1% limestone) of dietary dry matter. ...
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