Ag News and Views: July 1997

July, 1997 Table of Contents News & Views Archive Issues

Economics
Deciding When to Cull Cows by Dan Childs
Deciding when to cull cows from the herd and what time of the year to sell a cull cow can have a large impact on the profitability of your cow-calf enterprise.

Forage
Controlling Livestock Distribution by Charles Griffth
Dividing a land resource with fencing into paddocks gives the operator control over livestock and allows him to allocate their grazing over a set period of time. How to fence a land resource can become a major issue, and thought and consideration must be given to establishing a fencing plan.

Livestock
Tips for Stockers and Replacements Heifer Development by Jim Pumphrey
Around the middle of July forage quality generally declines. When this happens, the performance of stocker cattle and/or developing heifers grazing those forages will also decline.

Soils
Determining Nutrient Supplying Ability of Soils by Scott Landgraf
Determining the nutrient supplying ability of soils can guide decisions that may make the difference between profit and loss. Technology offers sophisticated electronic tools to manage farming in a site specific manner. Large data files contain soil test results and production records providing information for making accurate electronic decisions.

Wildlife
Me, Shoot a Doe? by Grant Huggins
Many hunters and deer managers in our area have accepted the necessity of doe harvest to effectively manage toward the common deer management goal of increasing buck body and antler size. Some, however, still object to this practice.