Can Your System Sustain the Ranch Series Fall 2020 — Livestock Extension

Now is a good time to evaluate cow condition and develop winter feeding programs.  Calving season is a few months away for some producers, so now is a good time to evaluate cow condition and develop winter feeding programs.  Calving season is a few months away for some producers, so now is a good time to evaluate cow condition and develop winter feeding programs, according to North Dakota State University Extension livestock specialists.  “More than 90% of North Dakota is experiencing moderate to severe drought,” says Janna Block, Extension livestock systems specialist based at NDSU’s Hettinger Research Extension Center. “Depending on the timing, duration and intensity of the drought at various locations across the state, this could have resulted in reduced forage quality and production as well as cow and calf performance.”

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