Pasture to Profit Podcast

Weaning can be a highly stressful event for calves, but their are ways to help reduce this stress. Colorado State University Extension Specialists Travis Taylor and Scott Stinnett discuss techniques, tips and tricks that can be used to reducing weaning stress.  

In a tight market, retaining heifers is a great way to replace females in the herd. Several things should be kept in mind to help advance the herd when selecting heifer to retain. Colorado State University Extension Specialists Travis Taylor and Scott Stinnett discuss what they look for and tools they would use to select heifers.

There are many things that can influence the cattle markets. Tyler Cozzens with the Livestock Marketing Information Center discusses with Colorado State University Extension Specialist Scott Stinnett some of the recent influences in the news as well as the basic influences on the market.

Weaning is stressful enough on calves and cows. The drought conditions can add other stresses to the process. Colorado State University Extension Veterinarian Dr. Kathy Whitman joins Extension Specialist Scott Stinnett to discuss these added stresses.

Raising high quality beef animals starts at the cellular level and timing is everything during prenatal and postnatal development. Dr. Jennifer Martin with Colorado State University Animal Sciences joins CSU Extension Specialists Travis Taylor and Scott Stinnett to discuss how and when bone, muscle and fat cells develop, and how producers can work with nature to produce high quality beef.