Beef Blog

Nitrate and prussic acid poisoning: Similarities and differences

By Hubbard Beef Nutrition Team, Aug 02, 2022

Elevated feed nitrate and/or prussic acid are unwelcome guests at the ruminant dinner table. While consuming toxic…READ MORE ›

Liver abscesses: A nagging beef production problem

By Twig Marston, Ph.D., May 31, 2022

Liver abscesses continue to be a nagging problem for today’s cattle feeders. Incidences of liver abscesses have…READ MORE ›

Managing Dry Matter Intakes

By , Apr 01, 2022

Observing dry matter intakes (DMI) can help tell us a lot about what is going on with the cattle, like what kind of…READ MORE ›

Investment in hay: Fertility and storage

By Ben Jensen, Mar 30, 2022

The price tags on agricultural goods, along with other day-to-day necessities, are changing by the week. In the last…READ MORE ›

Towards a better understanding of energy nutrition

By Hubbard Beef Nutrition Team, Jan 31, 2022

Those engaged in the nutrition consulting game take pride in pinpointing causes of lost performance. Minute dietary…READ MORE ›

Six must-know steps for successful winter supplementation programs

By Twig Marston, Ph.D., Dec 13, 2021

Cattle producers depend on effective and economical supplementation programs to meet the challenges that winter…READ MORE ›

Receiving management for high-risk feedlot cattle

By , Oct 05, 2021

Nothing influences an outcome more than getting off to a good start — or a bad one. Second only to calving and the days…READ MORE ›

Strategies to market calf-feds earlier

By , Aug 10, 2021

Every year, around the end of the fall harvest, cattle producers contemplate what to do with their freshly weaned…READ MORE ›

Optimizing genetic potential with creep feed

By , Jun 08, 2021

Weaning weight is an important indicator of a ranch’s output, as it can serve as a gauge of what that cow herd produced…READ MORE ›