The BEEF Cattle letter - Past Issues
November 18 - Issue #111
Open cows equal losses
Cattle diet and it's impact on E. coli concentrations and viability
Ovsynch estrus synchronization and Miner Institute
REAL Lab is closed
Bulletin now available on-line
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September 30 - Issue #105
Beef and Forage Field Day scheduled
Trials on tenderness
Beef 509 - Marketing Quality and Consistent Beef in Ohio
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September 23 - Issue #104
Buckeye's Best "value added" calf program
Forage protein content: what does it mean?
How many u.s. beef cows are there and where are they?
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September 16- Issue #103
"Residue" for fall feed
A second alternative for fall forage: Grazing cereal rye
"Silage" now eligible for LDP payments
The Cow-Calf Manager: Weaning strategies
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September 9 - Issue #102
Palpate your cows!
Notes, observations and personal interpretations on the professional cattleman's symposium
Prepare calves for weaning and marketing
Nominations due for 1998-99 ohio bull test program
"Improving your pastures with fence and water systems"
Winterize your forage crops
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September 2 - Issue #101
"Consistency" is "the" target
Disciplined genetics for carcass merit
Education, fellowship and innovation - keys to survival
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August 26 - Issue #100
Where to from here?
Beef Quality Corner - Count to two, no bull!
Harvest corn silage at proper dry matter content
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August 19 - Issue #99
1997-98 "Farm to Fork" program reaches conclusion
Complaining about cattle prices?
Maximizing fall and winter grazing of beef cows and stocker cattle
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August 12 - Issue #98
Beef marketing symposium pushes for better profits
Proper management enhances beef quality and product value
Fall 1998 feeder cattle outlook
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August 5 - Issue #97
What's next?
Usda report shows cow-calf industry poor users of technology
Ohio's "farm to fork" program
Horse flies bad this year
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July 29 - Issue #96
Beef Quality - Every Cattleman's Business!
Benefit now, use nitrogen on pastures
Late summer seeded forage legumes at risk to sclerotinia crown and stem rot
More on making the cattle cycle work for you financially
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July 22 - Issue #95
Annual herd check - first, examine their eyes
Higher cattle prices coming or more false hope?
Summer seedings of forages
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July 15 - Issue #94
Livestock "Feeding Pad" meeting planned
Ohio State Fair Food Pavilion = good "PR"
July deworming and pasture rotation
Members approve merger between OCA and BBIF
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July 8 - Issue #93
The Cattle Business - FALL YEARLING MARKETING
Using Benchmark Herds To Determine Your Herd's Production Strengths And Weaknesses
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July 1 - Issue #92
Synchronization systems that work!
The "Five State Beef Alliance and Initiative"
Managing legume pastures and bloat
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June 24 - Issue #91
No-show of potato leafhopper nymphs in alfalfa
Reimplant and deworm calves and yearlings
Making the cattle cycle work for you financially
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June 17 - Issue #90 June 10
Bountiful spring
Forage testing for beef cattle
The Cow Calf Manager: Creep grazing
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Brown County to host Ohio Cattlemen's Summer Roundup
Buckeye's Best sale dates set
Pinkeye treatment for cattle
Creep graze calves
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June 3 - Issue #88
Ivermectin bolus vs pour-on
Heat stress and beef cattle
Leafhopper and new alfalfa stands
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May 27 - Issue #87
Deja Vu - Can you afford to feed cattle to 'Choice'?
Does deworming pay?
Plan your pasture weed control options
What frame size is right?
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May 20 - Issue #86
Plan for summer fly control
Minerals important in summer
Economics of 1998 calves
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May 13 - Issue #85
Mud!#&*^@! and pastures
The "business" of weaning
Practices associated with profitable cow-calf herds
BBIF and OCA to merge
OCA Summer Roundup - June 26-27
Weekly Purcell Agricultural Commodity Market Report
May 6 - Issue #84
Market outlook - $71 by Fall?
Make sure bulls pass the breeding test
Planting date for forages
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April 29 - Issue #83
Soil fertility impacts animal health
The cow-calf manager: Management at turnout
Manage for a 60 day breeding season
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April 22 - Issue #82
Can you afford not to do a BSE?
Bull test sale averages $1000
Want cheap feed for beef cattle? - Consider grazing corn!
What bull buyers consider important
Vaccinate cows while open
Prepare bulls for the breeding season
Weekly Purcell Agricultural Commodity Market Report
April 15 - Issue #81
29th annual BBIF Performance Tested Bull Sale
The breeding season - Integrated bull mangement: Critical success factors
Optimize health through nutrition
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April 8 - Issue #80
Plan to attend the "Preview" of the bulls on April 13
The prebreeding season - Integrated bull management: Critical success factors
Bull fertility
Grass tetany update
Implant stockers at turnout
The cattle business - Current industry situation, April 1998
Weekly Purcell Agricultural Commodity Market Report
April 1 - Issue #79
Spring deworming of stockers and replacements
When to start grazing cool-season forages
The cow-calf manager: Managing natural service and artificial insemination
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March 25 - Issue #78
Strategic use of nitrogen for pastures
Be prepared for grass tetany season
Plan your "genetics" now
Good field results with Select Synch programs
"Genetic Merit" sale update
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March 17 - Issue #77
Ohio Beef Expo - March 20-22
The cow-calf manager: Preparing for the breeding season
Hybrin vigor plays key role in beef repreductions, calf survival, and cow longevity
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March 10 - Issue #76
Choosing corn hybrids for silage
Cows and creeks
84 day Bull Test update
Grazing school planned
Ohio Forage and Grasslands Council annual meeting
Beef Quality Corner: Dark cutters
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March 3 - Issue #75
The cattle market - another perspective
A coordinated beef system in the eastern corn belt
Beef 509 update
Beef Expo features trade show reception
EQIP applications to be processed
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February 25 - Issue #74
February 18 - Issue #73
February 11 - Issue #72
February 4 - Issue #71
January 28 - Issue #70
January 21 - Issue #69
January 14 - Issue #68
January 7 - Issue #67
December 31 Issue #66
December 24 - Issue #65
December 17- Issue #64
December 10 - Issue #63
December 3- Issue #62
November 26 - Issue #61
November 19 - Issue #60
November 12 - Issue #59
November 5- Issue #58
October 29 - Issue #57
October 22- Issue #56
October 15 - Issue #55
October 8- Issue #54
October 1- Issue #53
September 24 - Issue #52
September 17 - Issue #51
September10- Issue #50
September 3 - Issue #49
August 27- Issue #48
August 20- Issue #47
August 13- Issue #46
August 6- Issue #45
July 30- Issue #44
July 23- Issue #43
July 16- Issue #42
July 9- Issue #41
July 2- Issue #40
June 25- Issue #39
June 18- Issue #38
June 11- Issue #37
June 4- Issue #36
May 28- Issue #35
May 21- Issue #34
May 14- Issue #33
May 7- Issue #32