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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Beef Cattle Production"”.
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A Study of High-Moisture Field-Shelled Corn for Beef Cattle Production
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Enhancing the feeding value of corn crop residues to improve beef cattle production
Corn has been used in cattle diets for more the 50 years in the United States. However, since 2005 when the “Ethanol Era” started, the demand for corn to be converted in to ethanol has been increasing. The increased demand for corn to be converted into ethanol, led to increased corn prices. When …
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Commercial Viability of Beef Cattle Production: A Case of Traditional Feedlots in Lake Zone, Tanzania.
Commercialization of traditional beef cattle production in Tanzania has been a great concern for improving beef cattle production in recent years. The assessment of profitability, value chain addition, possibilities of marketing transformation into contract farming and socioeconomic contribution of …
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Evaluating native warm-season grass and wildflower mixtures for beef cattle production in the Mid-Atlantic
… forage availability in the same fashion as cattle. Native warm-season grasses (NWSG) and wildflowers (WF) could be incorporated into tall fescue (TF) grasslands to improve pollinator resources within agricultural landscapes without sacrificing livestock production. This balance of ecosystem …
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Beef production in Virginia: organized subject matter, factual data, and related information on the important jobs in the beef production enterprise in Virginia for use of teachers and students of vocational agriculture
Beef cattle production in Virginia has increased steadily during the last few years. This increase has been brought about in a large part by the increase in the price of beef by a definite trend toward more livestock to provide profitable utilization of non-productive lands and to serve as a good …
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Essays in the economic implications of select animal health and crop production issues
Production agriculture is faced with many risks which may be difficult to manage and can result in significant negative economic impacts. For the individual farmer, this can be problematic and potentially poses a challenge to remain viable and profitable when faced with uncertain circumstances. …
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Management and benchmarking strategies to improve financial health status of U.S. beef operators
… Key Performance Indicators (KPI) influencing beef producer's Unit Cost of Production (UCOP). Using the KPI's, a Ranch Health Index (RHI) was developed to assist producers in simply analyzing their financial health while analyzing beef production and financial relationships. Lastly, producer …
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Environmental and biological drivers of bacterial and antimicrobial resistance carriage by house flies (Musca domestica L.)
… these reproductive and trophic needs. Confined cattle operations serve as an optimal environment to study fly-mediated pathogen and AMR acquisition, transmission and persistence due to the high antibiotic use, abundant bacteria sources and large house fly populations at these facilities. The …
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Assessing the potential of mixed grazing goats with beef cattle to improve animal performance and increase the utilization of marginal pasturelands in the Appalachian coal region
… can be successful established and utilized for beef cattle production. Currently, these areas are underutilized partly due to an increase in invasive plant species, such as multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora Thunb. Ex Murr.), autumn olive (Elaeagnus umbellata Thunb.), and sericea lespedeza …
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A prospective analysis of Brazilian biofuel economy: land use, infrastructure development and fuel pricing policies
… The U.S. agricultural supply component includes production of fourteen major food/feed crops, including soybeans, corn and wheat, and cellulosic biofuel feedstocks. The Brazil component includes eight major annual crops, including soybeans, corn, wheat, and rice, and sugarcane as the energy crop. …
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The Effects of Foot and Udder Scoring on Cow and Calf Performance
… conformation are essential for longevity in beef cattle. The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of foot angle (FA), claw set (CS), teat size (TS) and udder suspension (US) scores on cowherd performance. Data were analyzed for 1,685 observations on Angus-based cows over a …
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Study of genetic by environmental interactions at transcriptomic and genomic levels
… access to DNA and RNA information in humans and cattle. The access to this genetic characterization is a cornerstone step in understanding the complexity of characteristics within populations of these organisms. In humans, much of the attention on gene by environment interaction is brought for …