“The key to using a calf creep feeding program is make sure that it is profitable,” says Patrick Davis, University of Missouri Extension livestock field specialist. Davis will discuss considerations ...

This past spring, a number of producers contacted the extension office with questions regarding creep feeding and its potential profit for their operations. In general, creep feeding is a management ...

Creep feeding in the suckler herd should ideally commence when calves require additional energy to maintain target weight gains beyond the energy consumed from milk and grass Growing top-quality grass ...

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BUFFALO, Mo. — Gains beef calves get from creep feeding may not be economical for the producer, according to Gary Naylor, University of Missouri Extension livestock specialist, Buffalo. Creep feeding ...

The I-29 Extension Dairy Consortium's recent educational effort titled Raising Your Best Calf Ever updated calf raisers on the key components of raising dairy calves. It started with a "Boots on the ...

Creep grazing calves is a management practice allowing calves to graze designated areas - separately from the cows - where the forage quality is higher than the grazing pasture. This concept is ...

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Carrying too much body condition early in life can have negative impacts on heifers retained as replacements, according to the experts at the Kansas State University Beef Cattle Institute. On a recent ...

The calves at Rohe Dairy in Stearns County don't bawl when they're hungry. They live together in small groups in a tall, well-ventilated barn, and they eat whenever they please from an automated calf ...