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Resources, Products, and Programs

  • Young angus beef cattle
    Preconditioning Systems and Management Practices for Beef Calves
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    Spring Mineral Supplementation Considerations
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  • Cows and calf in the winter time

    Supplementation Strategies for Cow Herds During the Winter

    Supplementation is defined as a part of a whole or, in the nutrition world, something that can be added to make up for a deficiency or compl...
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  • A farmers hands holding cotton seed in the store of a cotton gin.

    Cotton Byproduct Beef Feeding Recommendations – Have They Changed?

    The cotton industry generates several byproducts which can be used as beef cattle feeds. Common byproducts used in the Southeastern United S...
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  • Black baldy heifer standing in a pasture.

    Sand Mountain Elite Heifer Development Program

    The Sand Mountain Elite Heifer Development Program is a forage-based development program for yearling heifers consigned by cattle pr...
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  • Beef cattle grazing in winter grazing in Autauga County, Alabama.

    Alabama Beef Quality Assurance Planning & Constructing Handling Facilities & Equipment

    Handling facilities are essential for many routine cattle management practices. Careful planning is an important first step in the construct...
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  • Heifers Grazing Winter Annual Forages

    Sand Mountain Heifer Development Program Marks 6 Years

    The Alabama Cooperative Extension System's Sand Mountain Heifer Development Program recently completed its sixth consecutive year at the end...
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  • Weaning calf with a nose flap on

    Weaning Methods for Beef Cow-Calf Operations

    Weaning can have a lasting impact on a calf. How a producer manages calves before, during, and after weaning can have a dramatic effect on o...
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  • Commercial beef cattle

    Managing and Measuring Reproduction in the Beef Cow Herd

    The success of a beef cow-calf operation depends on the number of calves produced and marketed each year. Fewer calves to market wil...
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  • Brahman influenced replacement heifers.

    Herdbuilder Replacement Female Sale

    2021 Herdbuilder Replacement Female Sale The 23rd annual Herdbuilder Replacement Female Sale will be Friday, August 27 starting at 11 a.m. ...
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  • Angus cattle with horn flies on their backs.

    Controlling Horn Flies In Beef Cattle

    As the seasons change from spring to summer, beef cattle producers will start to take notice of small black clouds following the cattle thro...
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  • Animal Science and Forages Producer Spotlight

    Animal Science and Forages Producer Spotlight

    The Alabama Cooperative Extension System's animal sciences and forages team is proud to highlight livestock and forages producers that have ...
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