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LIVESTOCK RESEARCH REPORT

Current research results and Extension programming updates for the livestock industry in North Dakota. Read the latest research on grazing, nutrition, finishing, and more.

2025 North Dakota Livestock Research Report

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BQA & Health

Information on Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) and beef cattle health in North Dakota.
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Breeding & Genetics

Information about breeding beef cattle in North Dakota.
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Nutrition & Feeding

Information on general livestock nutrition and feeding issues.
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Production

Information about beef production in North Dakota
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Backgrounding Cattle

Program for after weaning and before going to the finishing feedlots.

BACKGROUNDING CATTLE VIDEOS

Get the latest information about backgrounding cattle from 线上赌博app Extension specialists. These new videos for 2023 include Calf Health, Cattle Price Situation and Outlook, Economics of Backgrounding and Finishing Cattle in North Dakota, Weaning Considerations for Healthy Calves and Feeds, Alternative Feeds, and Cost of Gain.

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Beef News
线上赌博app Extension’s 2026 Calving School set for Jan. 23
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线上赌博app Cattle Backgrounding Program set for Nov. 6
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Beef Cattle Publications & Reports

Dealing With Heat Stress in Beef Cattle Operations

Being proactive is the best approach for dealing with heat stress in cattle. Once cattle are in a severe state of heat stress, you may be too late to help them. Interventions that cause animals to cool extremely rapid or animal distress…

Discovering value in North Dakota calves: Dakota Feeder Calf Show feedout project XIX, 2020-2021

North Dakota cattle producers are identifying cattle with superior growth and carcass characteristics by participating in the Dakota Feeder Calf Show. Average profitability between consignments from the top five herds and the bottom five…

Drylot Beef Cow-Calf Production

The drylot beef cow-calf enterprise is an alternative management system to traditional pasture or range beef production. Strictly defined, it is feeding confined cow-calf pairs in a feedlot environment during part or all of the traditional…

Effect of bale grazing following annual forage grazing on steer grazing and feedlot performance, muscling ratio, carcass measurements, and carcass value

Effects of cow size on measures of efficiency in lactating multiparous crossbred beef cattle

The objective of this study was to determine the effect of cow size on measures of efficiency associated with cow-calf operations. Generally, larger cows consumed a greater number of pounds of feed and weaned heavier calves, while smaller…

Evaluation of Fine-ground Rye, Dry Rolled Hybrid Rye, and Dry Rolled Corn in Backgrounding Steer Rations

An experiment to 1) determine the effects of hybrid rye substitution of dry rolled corn (DRC) on dry matter intake (DMI), growth performance and feed efficiency and 2) evaluate efficiency differences between dry rolled and ground hybrid…

Evaluation of hempseed cake on cattle performance, carcass characteristics, feeding behavior and plasma metabolites in finishing diets

The objective of this experiment was to evaluate the effects of feeding hempseed cake as a protein source on performance, carcass characteristics, plasma metabolites and feeding behavior of finishing beef heifers. Results from this study…

Feeding Corn to Beef Cattle

Corn commonly is used as a feed grain in beef cattle diets throughout the U.S. However, until recently in many parts of North Dakota and other northern-tier states, feeding corn was less common. With the availability and improvement of…

Feeding Hybrid Rye as One-third of the Concentrate in Finishing Rations: Two Methods with Improved Results

Useful as a concentrate in backgrounding rations, hybrid rye can be used successfully as a concentrate in finishing rations.

Feeding Wheat to Beef Cattle

This publication provides feeding recommendations for the use of wheat in beef cattle.
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