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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
线上赌博app Extension offers considerations for backgrounding calf management
线上赌博app Cattle Backgrounding Program set for Nov. 6
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Beef Cattle Publications & Reports

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Finishing Calves on North Dakota Protein Coproducts: The Effects of Canola Meal, Dried Distillers Grains, and Soybean Meal on Growth Performance and Carcass Characteristics

The focus of this project was to determine the effectiveness of incorporating three different North Dakota-produced protein coproducts (canola meal (CM), dried distillers' grains (DDGS), and soybean meal (SBM)) in finishing steer diets on…

Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD)

Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) is considered one of the most contagious animal diseases. It is a viral disease that affects cloven-hoofed animals, including cattle, pigs, sheep, and goats. FMD poses significant economic threats to the US…

Harvesting, Storing and Feeding High-moisture Corn

How average daily gain is influenced by weather variables in beef steers

The objective of this study was to examine how much variation in average daily gain (ADG) is accounted for by weather variables (ambient temperature, range of temperature, solar radiation, dew point and wind speed). Weather variables…

Intersection of the Cattle and Beef Industries

The COVID-19 pandemic was disrupting to the U.S. beef industry. Marketing, processing and distribution channels were interrupted in a manner never seen before. 线上赌博app Extension created a series of webinars to provide accurate science- and…

Johne's Disease in Cattle and Small Ruminants

This bulletin update includes information on the clinical signs, symptoms, transmission, clinical course, diagnosis, testing, prevention and control of Johne's disease in cattle and small ruminants.

Managing mature beef bulls on divergent planes of nutrition alters scrotal circumference and concentrations of hormones and metabolites

Plane of nutrition in mature bulls fluctuates over the course of a year due to the demands of the breeding season and as a result of strategies implemented to regain weight and prepare for the subsequent breeding season. We developed a…

Plotting a Course 2025 - Planning Prices

Short-term and long-term agricultural planning prices for North Dakota 2025.

Plotting a Course – Planning Prices 2026

Short-term and long-term agricultural planning prices for North Dakota 2026.
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