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    Beef Systems Short Course

    Producers new to the cattle business should attend the Alabama Cooperative Extension System's Beef Systems Short Course. This multi-night le...
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    Current Hot Topics for Poultry and Beef Producers

    Prices for the three main competing animal proteins in the United States have been on the upswing at an increased trajectory for the last tw...
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    Stockpiling Warm-Season Perennial Grasses

    When properly implemented, stockpiling warm-season grasses can provide grazing from late October to mid-January in Alabama. Most forage p...
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    Building a Foundation for Beef Cattle Record Keeping

    Record keeping is valuable in beef production. Beef cattle record keeping is a tool to document and evaluate production information. Product...
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  • Commercial beef cattle

    Beef Cattle: Environmental Benefits, Not Burdens

    Take a drive down a county road in Alabama until you see fences and green pastures. If you stop and look, that is a picture of the basis for...
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    Importance of Mineral Supplementation & Mineral Tags

    Understanding nutrition and mineral requirements and evaluating product ingredients and quality are steps toward selecting appropriate suppl...
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  • Beef cattle eating at a hay ring

    Animal, Forage & Feed Management After a Flood

    Farmers face numerous challenges when their pastureland is affected by floods. General Tips Inventory livestock. Immediately after a f...
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    Alabama Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) Resources

    What is BQA? Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) is a nationally coordinated, state implemented program that provides systematic information to Un...
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    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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    Beef Herd Management Strategies

    Learn key management practices to improve sustainability in small herd operations. Cow-calf operation sustainability involv...
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