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Contract Grazing on Winter Annuals: Risks and Returns for Cattle Owners [PDF]

open access: yes
Critical factors affecting risk and profitability for cattle owners under contract grazing include cattle weight at purchase and time spent on pasture and feedlot.
Anand, Manik   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Size‐based regulation and water quality: Evidence from the Iowa hog industry

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, Volume 108, Issue 3, Page 829-855, May 2026.
Abstract The growing prevalence of animal feeding operations (AFOs) in the United States raises concerns among the public and regulators about their impact on local environmental quality. By linking historical regulatory records of AFOs in Iowa to downstream surface water pollution monitors, this paper studies the effects of the 2003 Clean Water Act ...
Chen‐Ti Chen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Calculation of Antimicrobial Use Indicators in Beef Feedlots—Effects of Choice of Metric and Standardized Values

open access: yesFrontiers in Veterinary Science, 2019
The potential for antimicrobial use (AMU) to lead to the development of antimicrobial resistant bacteria is an increasingly important priority in human and veterinary medicine.
Stephanie A. Brault   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Identifying Meat from Grazing or Feedlot Yaks Using Visible and Near-infrared Spectroscopy with Chemometrics

open access: yesJournal of Food Protection
The quality of meat can differ between grazing and feedlot yaks. The present study examined whether spectral fingerprints by visible and near-infrared (Vis-NIR) spectroscopy and chemo-metrics could be employed to identify the meat of grazing and feedlot ...
Yuchao Liu   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comprehensive airborne characterization of aerosol from a major bovine source [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
We report an extensive airborne characterization of aerosol downwind of a massive bovine source in the San Joaquin Valley (California) on two flights during July 2007. The Center for Interdisciplinary Remotely-Piloted Aircraft Studies (CIRPAS) Twin Otter
Brechtel, F. J.   +9 more
core   +3 more sources

Desempenho e características da carcaça de cordeiros confinados alimentados com grãos de soja Performance and carcass characteristics of feedlot lambs fed raw soybean

open access: yesPesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira, 2006
O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar a influência de grãos de soja (GS) no desempenho, características e rendimento de cortes de carcaça de cordeiros confinados.
Fumi Shibata Urano   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Beef Cattle Feeding [PDF]

open access: yes, 1942
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McCann, L. P.
core  

The welfare of ill and injured feedlot cattle: a review of the literature and implications for managing feedlot hospital and chronic pens

open access: yesFrontiers in Veterinary Science
By definition, ill and injured animals are on the negative valence of animal welfare. For beef cattle kept in feedlot settings, advances in cattle health management have resulted in a greater understanding and prevention of illness and injury.
Emiline R. Sundman   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Is the Grass Always Greener? Comparing the Environmental Impact of Conventional, Natural and Grass-Fed Beef Production Systems

open access: yesAnimals, 2012
This study compared the environmental impact of conventional, natural and grass-fed beef production systems. A deterministic model based on the metabolism and nutrient requirements of the beef population was used to quantify resource inputs and waste ...
Judith L. Capper
doaj   +1 more source

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