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Agriculture

Utah State University

2012

Cattle

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Marketing Strategies For Organic And Natural Meat Producers, Kynda Curtis, Shane Feuz, Nelissa Aybar Nov 2012

Marketing Strategies For Organic And Natural Meat Producers, Kynda Curtis, Shane Feuz, Nelissa Aybar

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In-person consumer surveys concerning meat consumption preferences and willingness to pay for specialty meat products were carried out in the fall of 2007 (Wang, Curtis, and Moeltner, 2011).

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Optimizing Land Use On A Beef Operation: A Utah Example, Nicole Nelson, Mark Nelson, D. R. Zobell Nov 2012

Optimizing Land Use On A Beef Operation: A Utah Example, Nicole Nelson, Mark Nelson, D. R. Zobell

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One of the most important resources that a beef producer has is the pasture or range. This resource must be provided great care in order to continue producing beef cattle.

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Protocol For Trichomonas Diagnosis In Cattle For Utah, Bruce King, Kerry Rood Jun 2012

Protocol For Trichomonas Diagnosis In Cattle For Utah, Bruce King, Kerry Rood

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Trichomoniasis, caused by the protozoan Tritrichomonas foetus, is a serious reproductive (venereal) disease found in some Utah cattle herds. Diagnosis of trichomoniasis is made when trichomonad organisms are detected in the smegma or preputial flush samples of bulls, or the uterine/vaginal fluids of cows

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Investing In Genetics, Bridger Feuz, Dillon M. Feuz May 2012

Investing In Genetics, Bridger Feuz, Dillon M. Feuz

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Agriculture Extension professionals as well as other agriculture industry professionals often extol the virtues of being the” low cost producer.” In most cases being the low cost producer does lead to an increase in profitability. However, two different data sets have suggested a couple of areas that high profit producers actually spend more money on then low profit producers.

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Beef Heifer Retention Decisions, Cody Reed, Dale Zobell Feb 2012

Beef Heifer Retention Decisions, Cody Reed, Dale Zobell

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This publication discusses a number of general factors that are essential to an effective decision regarding whether to retain heifers or not.

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