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The Case for Canola: Canola Oil, How do I Love Thee? Let me Count the Ways …
Canola oil, you are both healthful and useful, good for my heart and my cooking. Here are 10 reasons I love you…
The Case for Canola: Where is Canola Grown?
We at Resaca Sun Feeds see canola as a highly beneficial crop. This crop has several benefits within a crop rotation and is used as a high-quality feed ingredient to be added to our feeds. Over the next few months, we’ll be outlining why canola is beneficial through a series of articles. It seems canola has gotten some...
It’s Weevil Season
It’s weevil season! There’s a chance you will start to see little black beetles in your feed. These are grain weevils. Don’t worry. These little bugs aren’t harmful to livestock and don’t carry disease. Grain weevils are completely safe for livestock to consume. The reason you’ll see these in the feed is because we don’t...
Ascites
Have you ever found a broiler dead on its back and wondered what happened? Well, chances are that chicken had a heart attack. This isn’t terribly uncommon if you’re raising Cornish Cross broilers on pasture. They are more prone to a disease called ascites (or water belly) which will often lead to heart attacks and the...
The Value of Soil Health in Pastures
Written By Sage Dennis Some of the most common questions I am asked as a consultant at the Rodale Institute are, is soil health really that important? What do I need to do to increase my soil’s health? And, of course, is there anything to gain from changing my system to accommodate soil health? In my opinion, soil health...
Heat and Humidity Affect Feed Too
Spring is upon us! That means summer is just around the corner with longer, hotter days, and we cannot forget about the humidity! While this is an exciting time, we need to think about feed storage because the outside temperatures have an impact on feed’s shelf life. In hotter months, feed inventory needs to be rotated to...
It’s Grass Tetany Season?
While this topic has been written at least 100 times, it’s that time of year to write about it again. Yep, you guessed it, grass tetany (or grass staggers). While researching for this article, I reached out to a cattleman, a beef nutritionist, and a veterinarian to get more information from those with firsthand experience...
From Pasture to Processing – What is weight loss?
What is a good “rule of thumb” when it comes to estimating final processing weight? I have heard anywhere between 20% and 30%, to me, this sounds like an “educated” guess. In a 2022 field study of 200 Ross 308’s the findings indicate a good “rule of thumb” is an average of 28.44% weight loss from pasture to processing....
Brooding for Success
Brooding is the liftoff phase of chick development. What happens in the brooder will determine how well your chickens will perform throughout their life. Broiler chicks are in the brooder for 14 - 21 days depending on location and climate. The first 14 days of life are the building blocks of chick development. During...
5 Winter Tips for Keeping Livestock Healthy
Managing livestock in the winter makes you truly appreciate the spring that follows. Here are 5 tips for keeping livestock healthy and maintaining production during the winter. This article is broad across multiple species of livestock because these tips apply to all animals from chickens to cattle. These 5 tips are not...