Author: 33. ANNUAL BEEF CATTLE SHORT COURSE (1984, Gainsville)

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Published: 1984

Total Pages: 159

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Outlook for the Florida beef cattle industry. The beef cattle business from a national perspective. Trends in marketing Florida calves. Breeding cattle for Florida's feedlots. Backgrounding-finishing Florida calves. Producing tender trim beef: effect of feeder grade and condition score. Marketing tender trim beef from the packer's vantage point. Demonstration of cattle useful to the tender trim program. Prepartum nutrition and reproductive performance. Relationship pf prepartum nutrition to calving problems. Suckling, post partum nutrition and reproductive performance. Body condition and nutrition level on reproduction at deseret ranch. Producing forage for late summer and fall. Use of silage in my beef cattle operation. Suplemental mineral and vitamins for beef cattle. Winter supplementation program for the cow herd. Nir analysis for evaluating forages for beef cattle: an update. Legumes for beef cattle reproduction. Grazing animal responses to new hybrid bermudagrasses in North Florida. Potential of new cereal grains and winter forage for backgrounding beef cattle. Carrying capacity and liveweight gains from dwarf elephantgrass. Beef production programs utilizing fall and winter calving seasons. Our backgrounding operation. Liver fluke update. Report on feedlot program. Evaluating alternative backrounding programs with a computerized decision aid. Preconditioning cattle. Care and handling of stressed and sick stocker cattle. Feedlot receiving rations. My experiences in Florida with preconditioning calves and receiving new cattle in the feedlot. Ionophores and implants for backgrounding and finishing cattle in Florida.