Beef Cattle

Blog Posts
summer annual forages growing in a field
Dangers of frosted forages
Fall brings on the first frost. This can cause need for management and precautions when grazing certain forages.Sudangrass, sorghum-sudangrass...
calf in a pasture with a nose insert to aid in weaning
Tips for weaning beef calves
Here are a few strategies that are easily deployed to lower stress at weaning time.Use good stockmanship when handling cattle....
cows grazing a cover crop
Cattle and crops create synergy
Synergy describes two separate systems that when combined, yield more than the sum of the individual systems when they are alone. In my experience,...
A group of black and white Simmental cattle standing in a pasture on a cloudy day.
Orr Beef Research Center Field Day
The annual Orr Beef Research Center Field Day will take place at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 2. The meeting will be held at the new Ag Sciences...
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News Releases
Cow and calf standing on hill beside states that are part of the driftless region
Driftless Region Beef Conference
The university extension services in Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin are teaming together to offer the Driftless Region Beef Conference to educate beef producers. The fourteenth annual event will be held Jan. 22-23, 2026, at the Grand River Convention Center in Dubuque. Past participants in...
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Videos
Grazing Cornstalks

 

Travis Meteer, Illinois Extension Beef Educator, discusses why grazing cornstalks is a low cost, readily available forage makes sense and money.

Safe Animal Handling in Beef Cattle

 

Safe animal handling is critical for ensuring safety of both handlers and the animals. In this episode of Grazing Planners Speak, Travis Meeter (University of Illinois Extension) provides an overview of cattle behavior and how to ensure safe animal handling as a grazing planner....
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