Noble News and Views: September 2019

Reproductive failures, which lead to financial loss, can occur in any cow-calf operation. Here are the top 5 causes.

This year’s preconditioning outlook looks to have tighter margins than what we’ve seen in the past couple years. However, by managing costs and keeping an eye on the markets, there is profit to be made for both backgrounding and running stocker cattle.

How to grow and manage crop seeds or native/naturalized seeds in fields to attract mourning dove and similar game bird species for hunting.

Stockpiling defers a forage from grazing to allow it to accumulate forage mass for grazing during fall and winter.

The Junior Beef Excellence Program is available to Oklahoma residents of Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Coal, Garvin, Grady, Jefferson, Johnston, Love, Marshall, McClain, Murray, Pontotoc and Stephens counties.

In a three-year study, Noble Research Institute looked at the economics of retaining, feeding and rebreeding open cows.

Producers can ensure they are choosing the best feed for their livestock by understanding the information on a feed tag.