Category Archives: Ruminant

Livestock handling boxed in (but in a good way)

The Bud Box concept is anything but new, but it has recently started trending among ...

Feeding the white gold factory: A life-phase approach

The profit of any factory will be affected by its working parts (machinery) and steady ...

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Compass pointing us to success

In various industries, especially ours, many people dread record-keeping and therefore avoid it. One of ...

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The Cheshire cat’s question

One day, Alice came to a fork in the road and saw a Cheshire cat ...

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Foot rot in sheep

Although there are many reasons as to why sheep develop hoof problems, foot rot is ...

Calculating feedlot performance in a carcass-value economy

It has become increasingly apparent that conventional measures of live animal feedlot performance are inadequate ...