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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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 ...

Replacing creep feed with nose flaps and rotational grazing have lifted weaning weights 20% and helped identify the most efficient replacements on a Herefordshire suckler farm. Commercial suckler ...

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 ...

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 ...

Performance and weight gain can be knocked for six if a calf suffers health problems in its first few months. This can have a significant economic impact on a suckler herd where margins are frequently ...

Weanling sales have just started around the country, and good weaning practices will help to optimise the price you get, writes independent ruminant nutritionist Brian Reidy. Regardless of whether you ...

Dear Answer Man, I was driving through Plainview the other day and saw a sign on the edge of town that said "Creep Feed for Sale." What is creep feed? Why would someone want to feed a creep? — Funny ...