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G84-696 Small Grains For Silage Or Hay, Paul Q. Guyer, Terry L. Mader
G84-696 Small Grains For Silage Or Hay, Paul Q. Guyer, Terry L. Mader
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials
This NebGuide discusses the advantages and disadvantages of using small grains for silage or hay, including handling, storage, feeding, animal performance, and nitrate toxicity potential.
Small grain crops are potentially important sources of high quality forage. Harvesting small grains for hay or silage rather than as grain may mean increased dollar returns per acre. Small grain silage or hay represents more total nutrient production per acre than harvest as grain and, when fed to ruminants, results in increased animal production.
G84-716 Management Of The Weanling Calf, Paul Q. Guyer, Donald B. Hudson
G84-716 Management Of The Weanling Calf, Paul Q. Guyer, Donald B. Hudson
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials
This NebGuide outlines a program for preventing sickness and death losses in newly weaned calves, including stress prevention, vaccinations, nutrition, and treatment of sick calves.
Sickness and death loss following weaning robs both calf producers and cattle feeders of potential profits. The weanling calf has not acquired adequate immunity to the variety of diseases that plague the beef industry. At weaning and/or shipping, the calf is usually subjected to various stresses, in addition to being separated from its mother, that contribute to disease outbreaks. A program for minimizing weight loss, sickness, and death in newly weaned calves should include: 1) …