Feeds and Nutrition

Feed costs are a major component of the total operating expenses for most beef operations. By formulating and feeding balanced rations for your operation, it can conserve feed expenses and allow for the most efficient production level of your cattle.

Cow-Calf Nutrition

Beef Cow Nutrition Guide (Kansas State)
Factors Affecting Cow Nutrition (Beef Cattle Handbook)
Managing the Cow Feeding Program (Beef Cattle Handbook)

Preconditioning and Backgrounding

Missouri Premier Beef Marketing Program
Costs and Benefits of Preconditioning (Oklahoma State)
Backgrounding Nutrient Requirements (North Dakota State)

Feedlot

Focus on Feedlots (Kansas State)
Feedlot Management Primer (Ohio State)

Feed and Forage Analysis

Missouri Beef Ration and Nutrition Software (BRANDS)
Interpreting Feed Analysis (Nebraska)
Interpreting Forage Test Results (Kentucky)
Forage Sampling and Analysis Interpretation (Minnesota)

Body Condition Score

Body Condition Scoring Beef Cattle (Virginia Tech)
Using BCS to Manage the Beef Herd (Beef Cattle Handbook)
Body Condition Scoring Beef Cattle Series (Nebraska)

Co-product and Alternative Feeds

By-Product Feed Prices
Graphs of By-Product Prices
Lactation & Maintenance
Comparative Value - Gain
Alternative Cattle Feeds (Beef Cattle Handbook)
Alternative Beef Cattle Feeds (Arkansas)
Buying and Feeding Ethanol Coproducts in Missouri
Corn Co-Products Manual (Nebraska)
Storage of Wet Corn Co-products
Ethanol Co-Product Storage/Utilization (Nebraska)
Soybean Hulls (Kansas State)
Wheat Middlings (Kansas State)

Hay Markets

Weekly Hay Market
Missouri Hay Directory
Hay Listings (Buy & Sell)
Feedstuffs Reports (USDA)
Hay Reports (USDA)

Mineral Nutrition

Mineral Supplements for Beef Cattle
Trace Mineral Supplementation (Kentucky)
Mineral and Vitamin Supplementation (Arkansas)

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For questions concerning this page or topics, please contact:
Justin Sexten State Extension Specialist - Beef Nutrition