Welcome to BCI Cattle Chat! This episode begins with Dr. Phillip Lancaster and Dr. Bob Larson discussing different strategies for feeding cattle during extreme heat. The show progresses with a conversation concerning risk management methods that producers should contemplate now for shipping calves in the fall. Larson continues the episode by examining three facial diseases: lumpy jaw, wooden tongue and cancer eye. To wrap up this edition of Cattle Chat, the experts share different criteria for culling cows during this period of record high prices. Thanks for tuning in and enjoy the episode!
2:18 Heat Feeding: Adjusting rations and feeding times, water consumption, heat from fermentation
8:10 Risk Management: Risk level, forecasting, sale tickets, data, price locking
13:54 Facial Diseases: Lumpy Jaw, Wooden Tongue, Cancer Eye
18:19 Cull Criteria: Condition, health, calf performance
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