BROOKINGS, S.D. — Precise feed rations are critical to maintaining a healthy cattle herd in the most efficient way possible. Slick bunk management is the process of prescribing the appropriate ...

Most commercial feeders use a “slick bunk” feeding strategy. The objective of this approach is to match dry matter intake to the cattle’s appetite as closely as possible. SDSU research has ...

Bunk space The issues listed above, can affect the number of calves in a pen at a feedlot. According to Harner and Murphy, the recommended bunk space for backgrounding feedlots (500 to 700 lb ...

Tracking Feed Bunk Scores An SDSU research study conducted by Bierman and Pritchard (1996) compared cattle fed all they would eat to those fed just enough so that all the feed was consumed in a 24 ...

And the state’s cattle feedlots have started to see growing opportunities in feeding out dairy, and now dairy composite calves in their yards. Artificial insemination is a tried and true ...

Proper bunk management is the art of matching feed deliveries to the amount of feed cattle need for optimal performance. Underfeeding cattle results in poor gains and feed efficiency, longer days ...

Their feed bunks were never empty ... The researchers found that heifers with unlimited feed grew faster than the calves on reduced rations, but the heifers that ate less used their feed more ...

CRAWFORD - Farmhood Fields LLC, a proposed farm-to-table living community owned by Zeke Alenick, is suing the town over the right to build a cattle feed bunk on its Crans Mill Road property.

Hay in the bunk is always better than a round ... One of the most common mistakes practiced when starting calves is to provide them too much feed. With the widespread use of corn by-products ...

Look for property that's zoned for large animal production and that can be fenced in to constrain the cattle. You also need feed bunks or a commercial feeder to feed the cattle the grain they need ...

While it's not quite spinning straw into gold, Bob Batey is converting sawdust from his lumber mill into nutritious and palatable feed for his cattle. When Batey fills his feed bunks with the 70 ...

Their feed bunks were never empty ... The researchers found that heifers with unlimited feed grew faster than the calves on reduced rations, but the heifers that ate less used their feed more ...