Date: Dec 13 2019
Fetal Programming & Gestation & Gestational Nutrition & News Release & ResearchYour calf’s most important meal is its first. Colostrum gives calves antibodies until they can build their own immunity. Manage cows to a BCS of 5 for adequate colostrum and easy calving. Maximum absorption occurs within first four hours of calf’s life.
Date: Aug 08 2019
Fetal Programming & Gestation & Gestational Nutrition & News ReleaseAllison Meyer studies what cows eat in the perinatal period from last trimester to the first three weeks post-calving, and the transfer of nutrients from cow to calf.
Date: Mar 05 2019
Fetal Programming & Gestation & Gestational Nutrition & NCBA Convention & News Release & ResearchHow many months out of a year is a mother cow just eating for herself? Hopefully none.
Date: Jan 23 2019
Angus Convention & Breeding & EPDs & Fetal Programming & Gestational Nutrition & News Release & Research & StockmanshipControl what you can and deal with the rest. Cattlemen can’t stop drought or hurricanes, but they can set their herd up to be successful during “everyday” challenges. “We can manage their feed. We can manage their health protocol. We can’t manage their stress,” said Kelly Sanders, Westway Feed Products. “From my feed standpoint, how do I mitigate that problem the best I can?”
Date: Dec 18 2015
Fetal Programming & ResearchI was fascinated to learn that scientists believe colostrum could do a lot more than just provide an energy-dense meal and protective antibodies to newborn animals. It could do some programming of its own.
Date: Nov 13 2015
Blog & Fetal Programming & Gestational Nutrition“If we look at a steer from conception to consumption, approximately 30% of that steer’s lifetime is being spent in the uterus,” she says.
Date: Dec 11 2012
Fetal Programming & GestationOn Friday, we hosted a live chat on our Facebook page featuring our very own vice president, Dr. Larry Corah. We encouraged our social media followers to brown bag it and have their lunch with us — virtually, anyway.
Date: May 26 2011
Blog & Early Weaning & Fetal Programming & Gestation & Lactation & WeaningI often think running a family and running a cowherd share a lot of similarities. So it might be a leap, but I’ve recently had a moment of parenting panic that some of you cattle producers might relate to.
