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Water quality and concerns for beef cattle

Apr 12, 2021

Water is the most critical nutrient but often overlooked for its importance and contribution to animal nutrition. Cattle require an adequate, available supply of fresh water to enable metabolic processes of the body...READ MORE ›

Minimizing wild yeast in 2021 silages

By Ben Jensen, Mar 30, 2021

Silage is not immune to the many challenges we face on the farm, and the risks begin before it even becomes silage.…READ MORE ›

The cost of delaying first calving

By Angie Golombeski, Ph.D., Mar 23, 2021

Since heifer-rearing costs represent the second-greatest cost to the dairy (behind feed costs for the lactating herd),…READ MORE ›

New challenges and opportunities for pork production in 2021

By Stewart Galloway, Ph.D., Mar 15, 2021

Remember when you could not wait for 2021? Our expectations were that life would return to normal and the disruption of…READ MORE ›

Calf Success: How do our heifers measure up? Comparing University of Minnesota–Waseca heifers to industry benchmarks

By Ellan Dufour, M.S., Feb 16, 2021

As described in Dr. Angie Golombeski’s 2017 e-newsletter on “Dairy heifer growth benchmarks,” heifers represent the…READ MORE ›

5 steps to balancing your horse’s diet

By Dr. Ed Bonnette, Feb 10, 2021

Balance. Seems like a fairly straightforward concept, right? And yet, we always seem to be striving for more of it in…READ MORE ›

Feeding supplemental fat to beef cattle

By Cadra Krueger, Ph.D., Feb 02, 2021

Beef cattle have been supplemented fat for a number of years. The primary reason for this is that supplemental fats are…READ MORE ›

Farrowing barn tips for more pigs

By Dr. Andrew Bents, Jan 18, 2021

At Hubbard Feeds, we get to work with a wide variety of producers across the country. From large integrators to small…READ MORE ›

Dairy efficiency by the numbers

By Jon Pretz, PH.D., Jan 14, 2021

As a dairy producer, you should evaluate and analyze your farm from many viewpoints on a regular basis. Farms that…READ MORE ›

Urea’s fit and function in cattle nutrition

By Daniel Herold, Ph.D., Dec 14, 2020

Urea remains one of the most widely used yet mysterious and misunderstood options for beef production. How can we…READ MORE ›