Animal Science Complex 217
Extension-Box 2170
University Station
Brookings, SD 57007
Warren supports the citizens of South Dakota in his role as an Assistant Professor and SDSU Extension Feedlot Specialist at the South Dakota State University campus in Brookings.
For operations with the right facilities and management ability, replacing forage with corn can stretch forage supplies and potentially reduce feed costs.
More cattle each year are marketed using carcass weight to determine value, sometimes combined with grid premiums and discounts. Can we use the same assumptions for growth and cost of gain when marketing methods differ?
Providing bedding is one of the time-tested strategies for dealing with winter weather. But how does bedding affect the bottom-line?
