For the past several years, Hi-Pro Feeds has partnered with Snack Pak for Kids to help feed hungry children in the Texas Panhandle. SP4K is a weekend backpack program that began in September 2010. Dyron Howell and his wife, Kelly, started the program in their kitchen serving just 10 kids at one elementary school. The program […]
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Livestock consumption of mineral supplements is one of the most confusing aspects of ruminant nutrition. Many producers think that their animals don’t need minerals because they don’t eat it when they put it out. However, forage data shows that there is some level of mineral deficiencies every month of the year. So why don’t livestock
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At only 13 years old, Gavin Morrow is quite an accomplished show woman. For several years, she has shown steers and hogs, going from county, to state, and even to national shows. This year, she decided to take a chance and step out of her comfort zone to show a horse from their ranch, Diesel.
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Many of you are once again having to make a decision as to how many animals your pastures can carry this winter without abusing the resource. How to make that decision accurately sometimes takes the wisdom of Solomon. However, there is a technique that is not too difficult to learn that can be used to
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Many of you that are serious about the wildlife part of your operation are looking for ways to improve the quality of your deer. Quality is generally defined as larger body size and increased antler scores, attributes that are most influenced by the nutritional intake of the deer. One way to influence the nutritional intake
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Every summer since 1966, the musical Texas has delighted audiences with music, history, and spectacle. The idea for the show first started in 1961, when Margaret Pease Harper and her husband were looking for a way to increase tourism to the Palo Duro Canyon, increase summer jobs, and educate people on the history of the area.
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Of all of the minerals we work with in livestock production, selenium has the narrowest tolerance between deficiency and toxicity. And when you add that we know very little about the actual amount in most of the forages and browse that our animals eat, it sometimes looks like we’re playing Russian Roulette when we add
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The answer to his question has many aspects to it. Cattle do have some level of what is referred to as “nutritional wisdom” in that when they have a nutrient deficiency, they will seek out sources of food that may have higher levels of the deficiency nutrient, or nutrients, than other sources. Humans have this,
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The principle of limiting factors is that performance will be constrained by the required factor that is present in the least amount. One good analogy is a old wooden barrel with staves of different height. The barrel can hold only as much water as the shortest stave. This principle works in nutrition in a similar
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As fall approaches, many of you will be selecting your replacement females to grow and develop to be future producers. How well you do this can be a great influence on the future profitability of your livestock operation. Growing and developing your replacement females is more difficult and requires a better nutritional program than running
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