🥩Making Marbling Moves
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In this week’s R2R Edition:
1. Making Marbling Moves
2. The Real Cost of Underfeeding
Meat Quality
Making
Why Merging Biology With Economics Can Improve Profitability & What Can Nanoparticles Do For Probiotics?
Selecting for growth and reproductive traits can lead to significant increases in ranch profitability. And novel research into a method for supplement delivery was able to protect a microbial product from the rumen environment.
Fetal Programming & Sulfur Toxicity
Fetal programming from undernutrition can affect calf performance, producing lighter animals than their counterparts and impacting their performance in a feedlot system. High concentrations of sulfur can be toxic to cattle – decreasing performance and causing polioencephalomalacia.
Technology Improving Feed Efficiency & Picking The Right Pasture Type
Years of genetic selection and improvements in feedlot management, growth-enhancing technologies - how much impact do they have on animal efficiency and performance in 2021? Going grass-fed? The grasses your cattle graze can impact their growth and meat quality.
Communication and Fermentation
In this week's R2R Edition: There seems to be no limit to the uses of direct-fed microbial supplements – from controlling E. coli to increasing microbial digestion. And sustainability from a cow/calf perspective, a report helps to find common ground for ranchers, packers, and consumers.
Grain-Finishing & Limping Cattle, How They Both Affect The Bottom Line
In this week's R2R Edition: A unique study follows cattle from pasture to plate to determine the differences in grass-fed vs. grass-fed, grain-finished beef! A 2-year study finds the prevalence of feedlot lameness may be increasing and offers solutions.
Oh, Ho, Ho, It's Magic You Know 🎸
In this week's R2R Edition: Simple solutions are often the best solutions. Also, "smart" devices and related technology have started their move into animal agriculture.
From Fungi to Frame-Size
In this week's R2R publication: We get a reminder of why mycotoxins are important to test for before putting feed into the bunk. Analysis helps us understand how to better breed/select for more efficient cows. (Hint: it's not only bodyweight).
"Oof, My Hoof."
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"Oof, my hoof."
TL;DR:
* Digital dermatitis is the infection and inflammation of the hooves of cattle.
* The timing
The Maiden Voyage
As the first of many Research to Ranch newsletters is sent off, we break a
metaphorical champagne bottle on its
