Production - Forage and Nutrition
Fertilizer Cost Calculator
The Fertilizer Cost Calculator is an Excel based calculator which will help you evaluate the cost of applying varying levels of fertilizer and using various products. The Calculator should be used as a tool (along with a soil test) to evaluate estimated costs per acre for fertilizer.
Tennessee Forage Budgets - (Complete Publication 2007)
Forage Mineral Information - Learn more about the findings of the 2001-2002 Forage Mineral Survey conducted by the University of Tennessee Extension including details about forage mineral levels in counties across the state as well as base recommendations.
Forage Economics - forage market information, economic analysis and reports on production and utilization, budgets, directories of hay and pasture for sale or lease, and forage lease information.
Nutrition and Forage Utilization - Information on supplemental feeds, managing the herd during drought conditions, using body condition scores to evaluate cow nutritional status, and many more topics.
Pastures/Hay - Information on managing pastures, selecting fescues, soil testing, and many more topics.
Feeding is Fundamental Informational Sheets
- Body Condition Scoring Beef Cattle
- Feed Mixing Fundamentals
- Feed Weights, Volumes and Conversions
- Grass Tetany in Beef Cattle
- Hay/Cattle Inventory for Winter Feeding
- Understanding Labels Can Improve Usage of Purchased Feeds
- Mineral Fundamentals in the Beef Herd
- The "Square" Method
- Stockpile Tall Fescue to Reduce Hay Needs
- Supplement Selection Fundamentals
- Age Determination in Beef Cattle
- Water for Beef Cattle
Links
The University of Tennessee
» Agricultural Economics
» Animal Science
» Master Beef Producer Program
Tennessee Cattlemen's Assoc.
Beef Quality Assurance
Tennessee Livestock Network
Tennessee Dept of Agriculture
K-State AgManager
Livestock Marketing Info Center
CME Group
Iowa Beef Center
BEEFStockerUSA