Running a Small Beef Herd

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fiona Baker
Keyword(s):  
Carrying Capacity ◽  
Soil Health ◽  
Drought Management ◽  
Beef Production ◽  
Herd Health ◽  
Reproductive Management ◽  
Beef Herd ◽  
Level Of Experience ◽  
Marketing Methods ◽  
Selection Of

Running a Small Beef Herd provides an introduction to beef production for those about to enter the industry and is an ongoing reference for anyone managing a small herd of beef cattle on their property. Fundamental considerations such as the economics of beef production, the selection of a suitable beef enterprise to match a particular property and level of experience are covered. It considers various systems suitable for a small beef operation: steer fattening, cow and calf systems, foster calves and multiple suckling, and lot feeding. Running a Small Beef Herd offers practical advice on buying cattle, marketing methods for particular types of cattle and specifications for markets. Cattle handling, necessary husbandry practices such as castration and vaccination, herd health, reproductive management, nutrition and carrying capacity are also explored. This updated edition expands on the systems of beef production, breeds, breed management, supplementary feeding, drought management, ear tagging requirements and soil health and fertility.

scholarly journals The predictability of reported drought events and impacts in the Ebro Basin using six different remote sensing data sets

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (9) ◽  
pp. 4747-4765 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clara Linés ◽  
Micha Werner ◽  
Wim Bastiaanssen
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Remote Sensing Data ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Drought Management ◽  
Ebro Basin ◽  
Sensing Data ◽  
Drought Impacts ◽  
Management Plans ◽  
Drought Indicators ◽  
Selection Of

Abstract. The implementation of drought management plans contributes to reduce the wide range of adverse impacts caused by water shortage. A crucial element of the development of drought management plans is the selection of appropriate indicators and their associated thresholds to detect drought events and monitor the evolution. Drought indicators should be able to detect emerging drought processes that will lead to impacts with sufficient anticipation to allow measures to be undertaken effectively. However, in the selection of appropriate drought indicators, the connection to the final impacts is often disregarded. This paper explores the utility of remotely sensed data sets to detect early stages of drought at the river basin scale and determine how much time can be gained to inform operational land and water management practices. Six different remote sensing data sets with different spectral origins and measurement frequencies are considered, complemented by a group of classical in situ hydrologic indicators. Their predictive power to detect past drought events is tested in the Ebro Basin. Qualitative (binary information based on media records) and quantitative (crop yields) data of drought events and impacts spanning a period of 12 years are used as a benchmark in the analysis. Results show that early signs of drought impacts can be detected up to 6 months before impacts are reported in newspapers, with the best correlation–anticipation relationships for the standard precipitation index (SPI), the normalised difference vegetation index (NDVI) and evapotranspiration (ET). Soil moisture (SM) and land surface temperature (LST) offer also good anticipation but with weaker correlations, while gross primary production (GPP) presents moderate positive correlations only for some of the rain-fed areas. Although classical hydrological information from water levels and water flows provided better anticipation than remote sensing indicators in most of the areas, correlations were found to be weaker. The indicators show a consistent behaviour with respect to the different levels of crop yield in rain-fed areas among the analysed years, with SPI, NDVI and ET providing again the stronger correlations. Overall, the results confirm remote sensing products' ability to anticipate reported drought impacts and therefore appear as a useful source of information to support drought management decisions.

Optimising reproductive management to maximise dairy herd health and production

2021 ◽  
pp. 191-230
Author(s):  
Norman B. Williamson ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Reproductive Performance ◽  
Dairy Herd ◽  
Farm Workers ◽  
Herd Health ◽  
Breeding Programs ◽  
Reproductive Management ◽  
And Control

Reproduction is central to the operation of a dairy herd through initiating lactation and providing replacement animals and offspring for sale. This chapter outlines the steps required to detect reproductive problems and limitations in cows and herds. It then elaborates some strategies to overcome limits to reproductive health and production concentrating on detecting cows requiring attention through record monitoring, analysing herd records to monitor reproduction and identify areas that limit performance and providing strategies to deal with these limits. The main limits addressed are anoestrus and inadequate oestrus detection that are addressed through education of farm workers, aids to oestrus detection and the use of planned breeding programs to induce and control oestrus and breeding. Nutritional causes of limited reproductive performance are also considered as well as strategies to limit abortion.

Calving performance and calf survival in a twin-calving beef herd

1990 ◽  
Vol 1990 ◽  
pp. 1-1
Author(s):  
M.G. Diskin ◽  
T.G. McEvoy ◽  
J.M. Sreenan
Keyword(s):  
Litter Size ◽  
Survival Rates ◽  
Reproductive Rate ◽  
Beef Production ◽  
Total Cost ◽  
Calf Survival ◽  
Beef Herd ◽  
Low Efficiency ◽  
High Level ◽  
Calving Performance

In suckler beef production it is estimated that 55% of the total cost is required to maintain and replace the breeding females while only 1095 of total feed energy intake is stored in the tissue of the calves and cows. The low reproductive rate of the cow is primarily responsible for this low efficiency. Even in a well managed herd, weaning rate Is about 0.95 calves per cow per annum or less. It Is frequently hypothesised that increasing litter size by inducing twin calving would increase output, biological and economic efficiency provided few extra Inputs were required. Although twinning may increase the efficiency of beef production, spontaneous twin-calving is frequently associated with an Increased incidence of calving problems, poor calf survival, retained placentae and longer rebreeding intervals. Such problems related to twin-calving cannot be studied unless the frequency of twinning is increased above the levels that occur spontaneously. Embryo transfer can be used to Increase the frequency of twin calving thus allowing a better assessment of the potential to Increase output. A suckler herd, with a high level of twinning, was established to determine the effects of litter size on calving performance and calf survival rates.

The effect of genotype, carcass weight and fat classification, and pelvic hanging technique on meat quality

2005 ◽  
Vol 2005 ◽  
pp. 59-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
F.O. Lively ◽  
T.W.J. Keady ◽  
B.W. Moss ◽  
D.C. Patterson ◽  
D.J. Kilpatrick
Keyword(s):  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Meat Quality ◽  
Carcass Weight ◽  
Dairy Herds ◽  
Beef Production ◽  
Diverse Range ◽  
Beef Herd

Currently 53 and 47% of prime beef production in Northern Ireland originates from beef and dairy herds, respectively. The beef herd comprises of a diverse range of genotypes which result in major variability in carcass weights, conformation and fat classification. The present study was undertaken to investigate the effect of genotype, carcass weight and fat classification, and pelvic hanging technique on meat quality.

scholarly journals Multicriteria comparative analysis of pillars strengthening of the historic building

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Kafel ◽  
Agnieszka Leśniak ◽  
Krzysztof Zima
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Carrying Capacity ◽  
Evaluation Criteria ◽  
Historic Buildings ◽  
Historic Building ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Selection Of

AbstractOver time, historic buildings are exposed to various destructive mechanisms brought about by a wide range of damaging factors. Costs and methods of reinforcing their individual components are, among others, an important issue. The term "reinforcement" is linked with the concept of conservation, which stands for the actions taken with the aim of preserving a building. It provides a well-articulated system consisting of activities that lead to the reinforcement of the structure, usability enhancement or to the improvement of its carrying capacity. This article analyses the selection of an appropriate brick pillar reinforcement method, taking into account accepted evaluation criteria.

scholarly journals SELECTION OF FUNGAL ISOLATES WITH POTENTIAL FOR PHOSPHATE SOLUBILIZATION AND FORMULATION OF INOCULANT FOR COFFEE CROPS

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 315
Author(s):  
Sara Maria Chalfoun ◽  
Caroline Lima Angélico ◽  
Mário Lúcio Vilela De Resende ◽  
Graziella Evaristo De Moraes
Keyword(s):  
Water Contamination ◽  
Phosphate Solubilization ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Soil Health ◽  
Phosphorus Sources ◽  
Potential Alternative ◽  
Synthetic Fertilizers ◽  
Low Solubility ◽  
Global Food ◽  
Selection Of

The dependence on chemical fertilizers for the future of agriculture will result in additional soil health losses, possibility of water contamination and continued currency avoidance due to the increasing dependence on imports. The indiscriminate use of synthetic fertilizers has polluted the soil and watersheds, destroying useful microorganisms and insects, what makes crops more susceptible to diseases. Considering this critical scenario, microorganisms have stood out as a potential alternative for maintaining the productivity, reliability and sustainability of the global food chain. In order to increase the productivity and/or reduce the amount of fertilizers, as well as to meet the requirements for the use of low-solubility phosphorus sources, microorganisms were isolated from the rhizosphere and artificially cultivated. Subsequently, they were selected regarding their potential for solubilizing phosphorus and incorporated into a low-cost matrix. A microbial inoculant was thus developed and tested in a coffee crop. It was possible to formulate an inoculant based on an isolate selected from <em>Aspergillus niger</em>, using an inactivated seed and sodium alginate as matrices. It was also observed that there was a greater correlation between the evaluated parameters and increasing doses of the inoculants when Araxá apatite was used as source of phosphorus, proving the importance of the inoculants as release factors and availability of phosphorus in the case of sources less soluble, giving Brazilian agriculture greater autonomy in the input market.

scholarly journals Effect of Plant Leaf Mulching in Ginger on Yield and Soil Health at NICRA Village in Chatra District of Jharkhand: A Review

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Dharma Oraon ◽  
A. K. Singh ◽  
Ajit Kumar Singh ◽  
S. Kumar ◽  
R. K. Singh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rating Scale ◽  
Block Design ◽  
Soil Health ◽  
Forest Area ◽  
Plant Leaf ◽  
Randomized Block Design ◽  
Point Rating Scale ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Technology Intervention ◽  
Selection Of

The FLD experiment was conducted in 20 replication (Farmers field) in National Innovation on Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA) village Mardanpur in Arra Panchat of Chatra block in Chatra district of Jharkhand on three consecutive year 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17. The FLD experiment was conducted in randomized block design with 2000 m2 plot size for each technological option. The two technology options are as follows TO-I: (Farmers Practice) Burning of plant leaf in forest area and use as cooking material and transplanting ginger in the month of May without mulching with N100P60K60. TO-II: Mulching of ginger field by plant leaf (5 q/ha) with N75P40K45. The rationale behind selection of technology option (TO-II) was disseminate scientific recommendations i.e. mulching of ginger field to demonstrated famers convincing the benefit of mulching in the place of burning leaf in forest area. The data on soil chemical analysis before and after mulching, yield and economic was recorded for better interpretation matrix ranking was done for each of intervened treatments on the basis of farmers criteria matrix ranking was accomplished through participatory rural appraisal. Farmer’s reaction was measure in five point rating scale. The overall score reflecting the degree of favorable, unfavorable and neutral to the related technology intervention (Negative = 2.5, Natural = 2.3 – 3.5 and positive above = 3.5). Result indicated that on an average ginger yield was 144.83 q/ha in farmers practice where as in technology option (TO-II), it was 187.7 q/ha respectively. Return per rupee spent was also found more in TO-II i.e. 4.99 as compare to farmer practice i.e. 3.88.

scholarly journals Effect of Four Levels of Fertilization on Beef Production and Carrying Capacity of Pangola Grass Pastures in the Humid Mountain Region of Puerto Rico

1969 ◽  
Vol 56 (3) ◽  
pp. 219-222
Author(s):  
Rubén Caro-Costas ◽  
José Vicente-Chandler ◽  
Fernando Abruña
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rico ◽  
Carrying Capacity ◽  
Mountain Region ◽  
Beef Production ◽  
Sloping Lands ◽  
Four Levels

Pangola grass pastures on sloping lands in the humid mountain region of Puerto Rico responded in terms of beef production and carrying capacity, as well as economically, to applications of up to 2,400 pounds of 14-4-10 fertilizer per acre yearly, but there was no further significant increase due to heavier fertilization over 2 years of experimentation. At the 2,400-pound rate of fertilization, Pangola grass pastures carried the equivalent of two 600-pound steers per acre and produced an average of 871 pounds of gain in weight per acre yearly with average daily gains per head of 1.2 pounds.

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