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| F-231
Cow-Calf Financial and Production Performance: What We Are Learning
from Standardized Performance Analysis (SPA) Data |
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| Author: |
Damona Doye |
Creation
Date: |
10/22/03 |
| PDF Size: |
50386 |
Modified
Date: |
10/22/03 |
| Description: |
This fact sheet looks at the total cow-calf
production and how to get the best profit. |
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| F-232 Interpreting Cow-Calf Standardized Performance Analysis (SPA) Results |
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| Author: |
Damona Doye |
Creation Date: |
10/22/03 |
| PDF Size: |
57308 |
Modified Date: |
10/22/03 |
| Description: |
This fact sheet discusses the Standardized Performance Analysis (SPA) and how it helps producers identify major cost items in their operations. |
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| CR-304 Program to Estimate Feedlot Cost of Gain (FLCALC Revision 3) |
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| Author: |
Donald Gill |
Creation Date: |
04/09/04 |
| PDF Size: |
430067 |
Modified Date: |
04/09/04 |
| Description: |
This current report describes the methods for estimating cattle performance and financial aspects of cattle feeding using a spreadsheet program. |
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| F-323
Valuation of Raised Breeding Livestock |
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| Author: |
Damona Doye |
Creation
Date: |
07/31/03 |
| PDF Size: |
430241 |
Modified
Date: |
07/31/03 |
| Description: |
This fact sheet explains the valuation methods
for raised breeding livestock and is a supplement to fact
sheets in the financial statement series. |
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| F-550 Fed Cattle Price Discovery Issues and Projections |
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| Author: |
Clement Ward |
Creation Date: |
03/04/04 |
| PDF Size: |
432581 |
Modified Date: |
03/04/04 |
| Description: |
This fact sheet discusses price discovery issues and projections. |
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| F-551 Understanding Livestock Pricing Issues |
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| Author: |
Clement Ward |
Creation Date: |
03/04/04 |
| PDF Size: |
424269 |
Modified Date: |
03/04/04 |
| Description: |
This fact sheet explains the differences between price discovery and price determination, identifies how they are interrelated, and provides an indication when price discovery concerns may increase. |
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| F-552 Vertical Integration Comparison: Beef, Pork, and Poultry |
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| Author: |
Clement Ward |
Creation Date: |
03/04/04 |
| PDF Size: |
438092 |
Modified Date: |
03/04/04 |
| Description: |
This fact sheet provides a perspective on the likely extent of vertical integration in the beef and pork industries relative to the poultry industry, given the incentives and disincentives that exist for vertical integration. |
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| F-553 Structural Changes in Cattle Feeding and Meat Packing |
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| Author: |
Clement Ward |
Creation Date: |
03/04/04 |
| PDF Size: |
498663 |
Modified Date: |
03/04/04 |
| Description: |
This fact sheet reviews changes in the structure of cattle feeding and beefpacking that have occurred in the past couple decades, and discusses implications for marketing and pricing feeder and fed cattle. |
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| F-556 Fed Cattle Pricing: Live and Dressed Weight |
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| Author: |
Clement Ward |
Creation Date: |
03/04/04 |
| PDF Size: |
433839 |
Modified Date: |
03/04/04 |
| Description: |
The objectives of this fact sheet are to discuss: 1) the general pricing process that packers follow in determining bid prices for fed cattle; and 2) the steps followed in both live weight and dressed weight pricing. |
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| F-557 Fed Cattle Pricing: Grid Pricing Basics |
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| Author: |
Clement Ward |
Creation Date: |
03/04/04 |
| PDF Size: |
429739 |
Modified Date: |
03/04/04 |
| Description: |
This fact sheet introduces the concept of grid pricing and discusses several management and marketing implications if fed cattle are sold on a grid as compared to being sold on a live or dressed weight basis. |
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| F-558 Fed Cattle Pricing: Basis Contracts |
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| Author: |
Clement Ward |
Creation Date: |
03/04/04 |
| PDF Size: |
433506 |
Modified Date: |
03/04/04 |
| Description: |
This fact sheet describes the forward contracting process and identifies advantages, disadvantages, and issues related to basis contracting. |
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| F-560 Grid Pricing of Fed Cattle: Base Prices and Premiums-Discounts |
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| Author: |
Clement Ward |
Creation Date: |
03/04/04 |
| PDF Size: |
589713 |
Modified Date: |
03/04/04 |
| Description: |
The purpose of this fact sheet is to specifically distinguish formula pricing from grid pricing, discuss price discovery implications from using alternative base prices with premium-discount grids, and show how premiums and discounts have varied over time. |
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| F-561 Grid Pricing of Fed Cattle: Risk and Information |
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| Author: |
Clement Ward |
Creation Date: |
03/04/04 |
| PDF Size: |
457435 |
Modified Date: |
03/04/04 |
| Description: |
This fact sheet focuses on the increased sources of risk with grid pricing. |
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| F-563 Beef Industry Alliances and Vertical Arrangements |
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| Author: |
Clement Ward |
Creation Date: |
03/04/04 |
| PDF Size: |
432593 |
Modified Date: |
03/04/04 |
| Description: |
This fact sheet discusses some of the motivations and characteristics for the controversial strategic alliances and various types of vertical arrangements in the beef industry, and explains their growth and development. |
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| F-574 Formula Pricing Fed Cattle with Wholesale and Futures Markets |
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| Author: |
Clement Ward |
Creation Date: |
03/04/04 |
| PDF Size: |
665954 |
Modified Date: |
03/04/04 |
| Description: |
This fact sheet will identify two alternatives to common reference markets for formula pricing fed cattle, and discuss an initial effort to show how the base price might be tied via formula to wholesale or futures market prices |
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| F-576 Fed Cattle Market Simulator Applications |
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| Author: |
Clement Ward |
Creation Date: |
03/04/04 |
| PDF Size: |
484163 |
Modified Date: |
03/04/04 |
| Description: |
This fact sheet describes key elements of the market simulator and summarizes ten years' experience in its use for classroom teaching, extension education, and experimental simulation research. |
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| F-577
Grid Pricing Calculator |
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| Author: |
Clement Ward |
Creation Date: |
10/01/03 |
| PDF Size: |
431842 |
Modified Date: |
10/01/03 |
| Description: |
This fact sheet describes a Microsoft Excel
spreadsheet designed to teach several aspects of grid
pricing and its implications. |
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| F-579 Steer-Heifer Feeder Cattle Basis by Weight Groups |
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| Author: |
Clement Ward |
Creation Date: |
10/22/03 |
| PDF Size: |
777100 |
Modified Date: |
10/22/03 |
| Description: |
This fact sheet provides information on feeder cattle basis and identifies variables that explain changes in feeder cattle basis. |
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| F-580 The North American Beef Cattle Industry |
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| Author: |
Derrell Peel |
Creation Date: |
07/29/03 |
| PDF Size: |
97551 |
Modified Date: |
07/29/03 |
| Description: |
This fact sheet discusses the cattle industry not only in the United States, but Mexico and Canada as well. |
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| F-585 Cattle Feeders' Marketing and Pricing Practices |
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| Author: |
Clement Ward |
Creation Date: |
10/15/03 |
| PDF Size: |
660540 |
Modified Date: |
10/15/03 |
| Description: |
Experts survey results from four states on how cattle feeders market and price cattle and their perceptions of marketing policies. |
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| F- 583 Economic Value of Preconditioning Feeder Calves |
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| Author: |
Clement Ward |
Creation Date: |
07/22/03 |
| PDF Size: |
555975 |
Modified Date: |
07/22/03 |
| Description: |
This fact sheet reviews effects of preconditioning programs on feeder cattle prices. |
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| F-588 Beef and Pork Checkoffs: Challenges, Impacts, Alternatives |
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| Author: |
Clement Ward |
Creation Date: |
04/05/04 |
| PDF Size: |
223195 |
Modified Date: |
04/05/04 |
| Description: |
This fact sheet summarizes recent court challenges to the beef and pork checkoff programs. Then, it reports on research estimating the economic impacts of losing the two programs. Lastly, some alternatives to a mandatory program are discussed. |
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| F-1219
Corral and Working Facilities for Beef Cattle |
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| Author: |
Raymond Huhnke |
Creation Date: |
07/29/03 |
| PDF Size: |
1608446 |
Modified Date: |
07/29/03 |
| Description: |
This fact sheet includes plans for building
corrals and working facilities. |
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| F-2570
Reducing Winter Feeding Costs |
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| Author: |
Daren Redfearn |
Creation Date: |
07/28/03 |
| PDF Size: |
807145 |
Modified Date: |
07/28/03 |
| Description: |
This publication discusses management practices
that can reduce the costs associated with livestock winter
feeding programs. |
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| F-2585
Forage Legumes for Oklahoma |
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| Author: |
Larry Redmon |
Creation Date: |
10/08/03 |
| PDF Size: |
463923 |
Modified Date: |
10/08/03 |
| Description: |
This fact sheet discusses all of the different
legumes that can be used for grazing cattle. |
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| F-2871
Stocking Rate: The Key to Successful Livestock Production |
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| Author: |
Daren Redfearn |
Creation Date: |
10/08/03 |
| PDF Size: |
181738 |
Modified Date: |
10/08/03 |
| Description: |
This fact sheet discusses how to determine
the proper stocking rate for your land. |
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| F-2875 Intensive Early Stocking |
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| Author: |
Terrence Bidwell |
Creation Date: |
08/28/03 |
| PDF Size: |
984486 |
Modified Date: |
08/28/03 |
| Description: |
Many Oklahoma livestock producers are looking for ways to increase beef production improve their rangeland for cattle grazing, diversify their operation, and expand cattle marketing opportunities. Intensive early stocking is one form of grazing management that helps producers achieve many of these goals. |
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| F-2903 Nitrate Toxicity in Livestock |
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| Author: |
Gary Strickland |
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Modified Date: |
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| Description: |
This fact sheet is currently being revised. |
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| F-2904 Prussic Acid Poisoning in Livestock |
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| Author: |
Gary Strickland |
Creation Date: |
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Modified Date: |
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| Description: |
This fact sheet is currently being revised. |
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| F-3002 Postweaning Evaluation Programs for Beef Bulls |
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| Author: |
John Evans |
Creation Date: |
08/22/02 |
| PDF Size: |
432204 |
Modified Date: |
10/04/02 |
| Description: |
Seedstock producers are constantly striving to identify individuals with superior performance. The seedstock producer is not only eager to identify cattle to use in his or her breeding programs, but the producer must also meet the demands of the commercial beef buyer. |
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| F-3008 Limiting Feed Intake with Salt |
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| Author: |
Donald Gill |
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Modified Date: |
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| Description: |
This fact sheet is currently being revised. |
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| F-3009 Nutrient Requirements of the Beef Cow Herd |
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| Author: |
Donald Wagner |
Creation Date: |
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Modified Date: |
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| Description: |
This fact sheet is currently being revised. |
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| F-3010 Supplementing the Cow Herd |
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| Author: |
Donald Wagner |
Creation Date: |
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Modified Date: |
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| Description: |
This fact sheet is currently being revised. |
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| F-3011 Feeding Cattle on Grass |
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| Author: |
Donald Wagner |
Creation Date: |
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Modified Date: |
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| Description: |
This fact sheet is currently being revised. |
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| F-3014 Stocker Nutrition III: Formulating Supplements |
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| Author: |
Donald Gill |
Creation Date: |
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Modified Date: |
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| Description: |
This fact sheet is currently being revised. |
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| F-3017 Feeding High Protein Range Cubes |
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| Author: |
Donald Gill |
Creation Date: |
12/03/03 |
| PDF Size: |
429185 |
Modified Date: |
12/03/03 |
| Description: |
This fact sheet contains frequently asked questions and answers about feeding high protein range cubes to beef cattle. |
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| F-3018 Average Composition of Common Feeds (Dry Matter Basis) |
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| Author: |
Gary Strickland |
Creation Date: |
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Modified Date: |
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| Description: |
This fact sheet is currently being revised. |
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| F-3019
Wintering Cows on Hay: Eastern Oklahoma Winter Feeding Demonstration |
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| Author: |
Kent Barnes |
Creation Date: |
10/01/03 |
| PDF Size: |
434164 |
Modified Date: |
10/01/03 |
| Description: |
This fact sheet discusses research findings
related to wintering cattle on hay. |
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| F-3022
Ranchers' Guide to Custom Cattle Feeding |
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| Author: |
Donald Gill |
Creation
Date: |
08/28/02 |
| PDF Size: |
434503 |
Modified
Date: |
10/04/02 |
| Description: |
Custom cattle feeding refers to sending
cattle to a commercial feed yard that specializes in feeding
and managing cattle until they are ready for slaughter. |
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| CR-3025 Limit Feeding Light-Weight Cattle High Nutrient Density Diets: Programmed Feeding for Calves (PROGFED2) |
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| Author: |
Donald Gill |
Creation Date: |
09/03/02 |
| PDF Size: |
441971 |
Modified Date: |
10/04/02 |
| Description: |
For a cattleman who has light weight cattle and who does not have adequate forage to maintain growth for some limited period of time, but has sound economic reason to retain the cattle for pasture or feeding at a later date, limit feeding may be the answer. |
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| F-3028
Limit Feeding Concentrate Diets to Beef Cows As An Alternative
to Feeding Hay |
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| Author: |
David Lalman |
Creation
Date: |
08/27/02 |
| PDF Size: |
432363 |
Modified
Date: |
10/04/02 |
| Description: |
When hay and forage production is low due
to drought, hay prices often escalate, and in severe cases
forage of any kind may be hard to obtain. In situations
like this, some producers should consider limit feeding
concentrate diets to cows. |
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| F-3029
Feeding High Quality, Low Test Weight and Sprouted Wheat |
PDF |
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| Author: |
David
Lalman |
Creation
Date: |
08/27/02 |
| PDF
Size: |
423133 |
Modified
Date: |
10/04/02 |
| Description: |
Wheat
grain has long been recognized as an excellent energy
feed resource for livestock. |
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| F-3030
Feeding Whole Soybeans and Drought- or Frost-Damaged Soybeans
to Beef Cattle |
PDF |
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| Author: |
David Lalman |
Creation
Date: |
08/27/02 |
| PDF Size: |
426884 |
Modified
Date: |
10/04/02 |
| Description: |
Beef cattle producers should consider the
opportunity to incorporate soybeans into their feeding
programs when the soybean market is depressed or when
drought- or frost-damaged soybeans are available at low
prices. |
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| F-3031
Nutrition and Management Considerations for Preconditioning
Home Raised Beef Calves |
PDF |
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| Author: |
David Lalman |
Creation
Date: |
07/31/03 |
| PDF Size: |
446063 |
Modified
Date: |
07/31/03 |
| Description: |
This fact sheet discusses studies that show
how preconditioning calves at the home ranch can improve
profitability during the finishing phase by $56 to $60
per head. |
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| F-3150 Crossbreeding Beef Cattle 1 |
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| Author: |
Donald Wagner |
Creation Date: |
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| PDF Size: |
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Modified Date: |
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| Description: |
This fact sheet is currently being revised. |
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| F-3151 Systems of Crossbreeding Beef Cattle |
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| Author: |
Donald Wagner |
Creation Date: |
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Modified Date: |
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| Description: |
This fact sheet is currently being revised. |
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| F-3152 Crossbreeding Beef Cattle III |
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| Author: |
Donald Wagner |
Creation Date: |
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| PDF Size: |
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Modified Date: |
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| Description: |
This fact sheet is currently being revised. |
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| F-3153 Crossbreeding Beef Cattle IV |
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| Author: |
Donald Wagner |
Creation Date: |
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| PDF Size: |
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Modified Date: |
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| Description: |
This fact sheet is currently being revised. |
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| F-3154 Color Patterns in Crossbred Beef |
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| Author: |
Donald Wagner |
Creation Date: |
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Modified Date: |
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| Description: |
This fact sheet is currently being revised. |
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| F-3155 Oklahoma Bull Test Program |
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| Author: |
Donald Wagner |
Creation Date: |
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Modified Date: |
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| Description: |
This fact sheet is currently being revised. |
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| CR-3157 The Decision to Use Yearling Beef Bulls |
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| Author: |
Glenn Selk |
Creation Date: |
10/09/02 |
| PDF Size: |
34255 |
Modified Date: |
11/23/02 |
| Description: |
Yearling bulls can be used successfully in almost any situation, provided common sense and proper management are practiced. |
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| F-3158
Embryo Transfer in Cattle |
HTML
-PDF |
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| Author: |
Glenn Selk |
Creation
Date: |
10/04/02 |
| PDF Size: |
2262690 |
Modified
Date: |
10/04/02 |
| Description: |
Embryo transfer is a technique that can
greatly increase the number of offspring that a genetically
important cow can produce. |
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| F-3159
Expected Progeny Difference: Part I, Background on Breeding
Value Estimation |
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| Author: |
John Evans |
Creation
Date: |
10/09/02 |
| PDF Size: |
32465 |
Modified
Date: |
10/09/02 |
| Description: |
The background on breeding value estimation
leads to a better understanding of the merit of Expected
Progeny Differences (EPD). |
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| F-3160
Expected Progeny Difference: Part II, Growth Trait EPDs |
PDF |
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| Author: |
John
Evans |
Creation
Date: |
10/01/03 |
| PDF
Size: |
423507 |
Modified
Date: |
10/01/03 |
| Description: |
This
fact sheet discusses the growth trait of EPDs. |
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| F-3161
Expected Progeny Difference: Part III, Maternal Trait EPDs |
PDF |
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| Author: |
John
Evans |
Creation
Date: |
10/04/02 |
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Size: |
32715
bytes |
Modified
Date: |
10/04/02 |
| Description: |
Maternal
effects are an important consideration when evaluating
beef cattle performance. |
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| F-3162
Expected Progeny Difference: Part IV, Use of EPDs |
PDF |
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| Author: |
John
Evans |
Creation
Date: |
10/04/02 |
| PDF
Size: |
32329 |
Modified
Date: |
10/04/02 |
| Description: |
Purebred
producers need to consider EPDs in their breeding programs. |
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| F-3163 Estrous Synchronization of Cattle |
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| Author: |
Glenn Selk |
Creation Date: |
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| PDF Size: |
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Modified Date: |
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| Description: |
This fact sheet is currently being revised. |
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| F-3164
Artificial Insemination for Beef Cattle |
PDF |
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| Author: |
Glenn Selk |
Creation
Date: |
10/04/02 |
| PDF
Size: |
75849 |
Modified
Date: |
10/04/02 |
| Description: |
Success
with artificial insemination requires attention to detail
in all areas of herd management. |
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| F-3165 Inbreeding in Cattle |
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| Author: |
Donald Wagner |
Creation Date: |
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Modified Date: |
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| Description: |
This fact sheet is currently being revised. |
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| F-3250
Freeze Branding Cattle |
PDF |
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| Author: |
David Lalman |
Creation
Date: |
10/09/02 |
| PDF Size: |
1896977 |
Modified
Date: |
10/09/02 |
| Description: |
This fact sheet includes the present procedures
suggested for freeze branding. |
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| CR-3152 Ranch Calculator (RANCALC3) |
Unavailable |
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| Author: |
Donald Wagner |
Creation Date: |
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| PDF Size: |
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Modified Date: |
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| Description: |
This current report is currently being revised. |
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| CR-3253
How to Estimate the Value of Supplementing Grazing Stocker Cattle |
PDF |
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| Author: |
Donald
Gill |
Creation
Date: |
09/03/02 |
| PDF
Size: |
432253 |
Modified
Date: |
09/12/02 |
| Description: |
It
is easy to estimate the value of supplemental feeding
of grazing stocker cattle in Oklahoma when a few key facts
are known. These facts include the value of gain, the
cost of gain, and the effect the supplement has on forage
utilization. |
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| F-3254
Management of Beef Bulls |
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-PDF |
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| Author: | Glenn Selk | Creation
Date: | 10/09/02 | | PDF Size: | 65924 | Modified
Date: | 10/09/02 | | Description: | With proper management, yearling bulls can
be a successful part of the breeding program. | | | | F-3255
Livestock Branding in Oklahoma | PDF | | | | Author: | Jack Wallace | Creation
Date: | 08/27/02 | | PDF Size: | 513970 | Modified
Date: | 10/04/02 | | Description: | Branding today is still the most recognized
and accepted means of indicating ownership of cattle in
North America. This fact sheet describes types of branding,
how to read a brand, as well as how to construct a brand. | | | | F-3257
Managing Shrink and Weighing Conditions in Beef Cattle | PDF | | | | Author: | Kent Barnes | Creation
Date: | 08/22/02 | | PDF Size: | 432911 | Modified
Date: | 10/04/02 | | Description: | Various factors and weighing conditions
influence the amount of shrink. Knowledge of these factors
is important in managing cattle to minimize shrink and
to price cattle fairly. | | | | F-3258
Choosing Calving and Weaning Seasons in the Southern Plains | HTML
-PDF | | | | Author: | Glenn Selk | Creation
Date: | 10/04/03 | | PDF Size: | 57947 | Modified
Date: | 10/04/03 | | Description: | This fact sheet takes a look at traditional
and non-traditional calving seasons and the benefits of
each. | | | | F-3260 A Planning Calendar for Beef Cattle Herd Health | PDF | | | Author: | L.E. Rice | Creation Date: | 10/21/03 | | PDF Size: | 105157 | Modified Date: | 12/21/03 | | Description: | This fact sheet is designed as an aid for beef cattle producers and their veterinarians in planning a herd disease control program. | | | | F-3261
Beef Cow Herd Calendar | PDF | | | | Author: | David Lalman | Creation
Date: | 08/27/02 | | PDF Size: | 464884 | Modified
Date: | 10/04/02 | | Description: | This beef cow herd calendar was developed
as a production practice and management guide for Oklahoma
cattle producers. | | | | F-3264 Early Weaning for the Beef Herd | PDF | | | | Author: | David Lalman | Creation Date: | 12/11/03 | | PDF Size: | 428773 | Modified Date: | 12/11/03 | | Description: | This fact sheet discusses research which shows that early-weaned calves can be efficiently raised to a normal weaning weight with minimal labor and facilities. | | | | F-3265
Beef Improvement Terminology | HTML
-PDF | | | | Author: | John Evans | Creation
Date: | 10/09/02 | | PDF Size: | 41977 | Modified
Date: | 10/09/02 | | Description: | This fact sheet covers the terminology and definitions dealing with
beef cattle. | | | | F-3268
Implanting Beef Cattle | PDF | | | | Author: | Donald Gill | Creation
Date: | 10/09/02 | | PDF Size: | 47622 | Modified
Date: | 07/30/02 | | Description: | A good understanding of how implants work,
the right times to use them and the proper techniques
for implanting may result in greater use of implants and
more effective utilization of implants in herds already
using them. | | | | F-3270 Suggested Identification Methods for Cattle | Unavailable | | | Author: | Donald Wagner | Creation Date: | | | PDF Size: | | Modified Date: | | | Description: | This fact sheet is currently being revised. |
, | | | F-3271
Hip Height and Frame Score Determination | PDF | | | | Author: | John Evans | Creation
Date: | 08/22/02 | | PDF Size: | 429817 | Modified
Date: | 10/04/02 | | Description: | Live animal evaluation takes into consideration
any subjective measurements that help describe an animal.
Some common measurements of cattle include backfat, pelvic
area, scrotal circumference, height at the shoulder, height
at the hip, and length of body. | | | | CR-3273
Program to Estimate Feedlot Breakeven Purchase Price (BEFCALC) | PDF | | | Author: | Donald Gill | Creation Date: | 09/11/03 | | PDF Size: | 18467 | Modified Date: | 09/11/03 | | Description: | This current report contains information on
the BEFCALC program, which is a special application of
FLCALC modified to estimate the necessary purchase price
of feeder cattle. | |
| | CR-3277
Spreadsheet for Evaluating Preconditioning Programs for Weaned
Calves (PRECON2) | PDF | | | Author: | Donald
Gill | Creation
Date: | 09/03/02
| | PDF
Size: | 430189 | Modified
Date: | 10/04/02 | | Description: | Preconditioning
is the practice of preparing calves for the stresses encountered
during the transition from nursing to confined feeding.
This current report discusses the PRECON2 spreadsheet. | | | | CR-3279 Cow-Calf Production Record Software | Unavailable | | | Author: | John Evans | Creation Date: | | | PDF Size: | | Modified Date: | | | Description: | This current report is currently being revised. |
, | | | CR-3280 OSU Cowculator v2.0 Beef Cow Nutrition Evaluation Software | HTML -PDF | | | Author: | David Lalman | Creation Date: | 08/27/02 | | PDF Size: | 434684 | Modified Date: | 10/04/02 | | Description: | OSU cowculator v2.0 is an Excel spreadsheet program designed to assist cattlemen in making informed decisions associated with beef cow nutrition. | | | | F-3281 Biosecurity in the Beef Cattle Operation | PDF | | | Author: | John Kirkpatrick | Creation Date: | 12/21/03 | | PDF Size: | 139026 | Modified Date: | 12/21/03 | | Description: | This fact sheet describes why biosecurity is important, the levels of biosecurity, and the components of a biosecurity program. | | | | F-3355 Foot Rot in Grazing Cattle | PDF | | | Author: | John Kirkpatrick |
Creation Date: |
10/21/03 |
| PDF Size: |
533808 |
Modified Date: |
10/21/03 |
| Description: |
This fact sheet describes the cause, transmission, clinical signs, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of foot rot in cattle. |
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|
| F-3357 Fescue Foot: Identifying and Minimizing the Problem |
PDF |
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| Author: |
Glenn Selk |
Creation Date: |
10/09/02 |
| PDF Size: |
33096 |
Modified Date: |
10/09/02 |
| Description: |
This fact sheet examines the symptoms, possible causes, and conditions which tend to promote fescue foot, and methods to reduce potential for the disease. |
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| F-3358
Disease Protection for Baby Calves |
PDF |
|
| Author: |
Glenn
Selk |
Creation
Date: |
10/01/03
|
| PDF
Size: |
447251 |
Modified
Date: |
10/01/03 |
| Description: |
This
fact sheet discusses advantages of pre-calving cow nutrition
and colostrom for disease protection in baby calves. |
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| F-3400 Home Slaughtering and Processing of Beef |
Unavailable |
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| Author: |
Donald Wagner |
Creation Date: |
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| PDF Size: |
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Modified Date: |
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| Description: |
This fact sheet is currently being revised. |
, |
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| F-3401 Buying Beef for Home Freezers |
Unavailable |
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| Author: |
Fred Ray |
Creation Date: |
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| PDF Size: |
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Modified Date: |
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| Description: |
This fact sheet is currently being revised. |
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| F-3529
Effects of Preconditioning on Health, Performance and Prices
of Weaned Calves |
HTML
-PDF |
|
| Author: |
David Lalman |
Creation
Date: |
08/27/02 |
| PDF Size: |
441154 |
Modified
Date: |
10/04/02 |
| Description: |
Preconditioning is generally used to indicate
management practices implemented around the time of weaning
that are intended to optimize the animal's immune system
and nutritional status while minimizing stress. |
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| F-3999 Livestock Disease - Cause and Control |
PDF |
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| Author: |
Joe Berry |
Creation Date: |
10/07/02 |
| PDF Size: |
38169 |
Modified Date: |
10/07/02 |
| Description: |
The purpose of this fact sheet is to acquaint livestock producers with some basic facts about diseases, their spread, and ways to minimize losses. |
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| F-7000
Beef Cattle Ectoparasites |
HTML
-PDF |
| |
| Author: |
Robert Barker |
Creation Date: |
10/01/03 |
| PDF Size: |
1123515 |
Modified Date: |
10/01/03 |
| Description: |
This fact sheet discusses flies, lice, and
ticks and their control. |
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| F-9100 Vaccines - Their Use, Handling, and Care |
HTML -PDF |
| |
| Author: |
T.R. Thedford |
Creation Date: |
10/21/03 |
| PDF Size: |
105448 |
Modified Date: |
10/21/03 |
| Description: |
This fact sheet describes the types of vaccines and their uses, how to handle them, and how to protect them from elements that could decrease their potency. |
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| F-9107 Avoiding Antibiotic Residues in Beef Cattle |
HTML -PDF |
| |
| Author: |
C.A. Strasia |
Creation Date: |
07/28/03 |
| PDF Size: |
1055878 |
Modified Date: |
07/28/03 |
| Description: |
This fact sheet discusses the best way to avoid antibiotic residue in beef cattle. |
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| F-9116 Gossypol Toxicity in Livestock |
HTML -PDF |
| |
| Author: |
Sandra Morgan |
Creation Date: |
07/29/03 |
| PDF Size: |
59834 |
Modified Date: |
07/29/03 |
| Description: |
Gossypol is a toxic compound found in the cotton plant. This fact sheet discusses the effects of gossypol in livestock. |
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| F-9123 Immunizations for Oklahoma Cow-Calf Herds |
HTML -PDF |
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| Author: |
John Kirkpatrick |
Creation Date: |
02/07/03 |
| PDF Size: |
439824 |
Modified Date: |
02/07/03 |
| Description: |
This fact sheet discusses proper immunizations for the cow-calf herds. |
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| F-9126 Johne's Disease (An Emerging Disease of Oklahoma Cattle) |
HTML -PDF |
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| Author: |
Ronald Welsh |
Creation Date: |
10/21/03 |
| PDF Size: |
106206 |
Modified Date: |
10/21/03 |
| Description: |
This fact sheet describes the clinical signs, diagnosis, prevalence, and prevention of Johne's Disease in Oklahoma. |
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| F-
9128 Pinkeye in Cattle Infectious Bovine Keratoconjunctivitis (IBK) |
HTML
-PDF |
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| Author: |
John Kirkpatrick, DVM |
Creation Date: |
10/08/03 |
| PDF Size: |
1116634 |
Modified Date: |
10/08/03 |
| Description: |
This fact sheet discusses the cause, symptoms,
treatment, and prevention of pinkeye in cattle. |
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| F-
9129 Coccidiosis in Cattle |
PDF |
| |
| Author: |
John Kirkpatrick, DVM |
Creation Date: |
10/08/03 |
| PDF Size: |
1351676 |
Modified Date: |
10/08/03 |
| Description: |
This fact sheet discusses the symptoms,
treatment, and control of coccidiosis disease in cattle. |
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