“The key to using a calf creep feeding program is make sure that it is profitable,” says Patrick Davis, University of Missouri Extension livestock field specialist. Davis will discuss considerations ...

This past spring, a number of producers contacted the extension office with questions regarding creep feeding and its potential profit for their operations. In general, creep feeding is a management ...

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Many calves have already been weaned, but the benefits of creep feeding extend beyond summer months. And with drought conditions in parts of the Midwest, cow-calf producers may be needing to ...

Milk from a lactating beef cow furnishes about 50 percent of the nutrients that a 3-4-month-old calf needs for maximum growth. The rest must come from elsewhere if the calf is to realize its genetic ...

BUFFALO, Mo. — Gains beef calves get from creep feeding may not be economical for the producer, according to Gary Naylor, University of Missouri Extension livestock specialist, Buffalo. Creep feeding ...

Creep grazing calves is a management practice allowing calves to graze designated areas - separately from the cows - where the forage quality is higher than the grazing pasture. This concept is ...

Carrying too much body condition early in life can have negative impacts on heifers retained as replacements, according to the experts at the Kansas State University Beef Cattle Institute. On a recent ...