Beef Cattle
Beef Tips n' Advice is brought to you by the UGA Beef team
The University of Georgia’s Beef Team is directly involved in beef cattle education. The goal of this team is to enrich the availability of beef cattle information for producers and County Extension Agents.
UGA Beef Team You Tube Page has a wide variety of instructional and educational videos
Beef Programs are offered by the UGA Beef Team to help advance the beef cattle industry in Georgia.
University of Georgia CAES Beef Publications
General Management of Beef Cattle
- Beef Management Calendar
- A Review of Georgia’s Animal Feeding Operation Regulations
- Cutting Costs, Not Corners: Managing Cattle in Tough Times
- Freeze Branding Cattle
- Implanting Beef Cattle
- Selecting a Beef Breed
- Small Farm Nutrient Management Primer: For Un-permitted Animal Feeding Operations
- Understanding Beef Carcass Reports
- Using Live Animal Carcass Ultrasound in Beef Cattle
- Water Requirements and Quality Issues for Cattle
- Feeder Calf Grading Fundamentals
Nutrition and Forages
- Body Condition Scoring Beef Cows
- Common Terms Used in Animal Feeding and Nutrition
- Considerations for Using By-Product Feeds
- Creep Feeding Beef Calves
- Feeding Sprouted Wheat to Cattle
- Forage Systems for Stocker Cattle
- Georgia Forages
- Measuring the Dry Matter Content of Feeds
- Mineral Supplements for Beef Cattle
- Setting Goals to Improve Breeding Strategies
- UGA Basic Balancer Instructions
- Understanding and Improving Forage Quality
Facilities
Reproduction
- Herd Bull Management: Pre-Breeding Period
- Bull Buyer’s Guide
- Estrous Synchronization for Beef Cattle
- Factors Affecting Calving Difficulty
- How to Improve Your Percent Calf Crop
- Improving Artificial Insemination Techniques
- Reproductive Management of Commercial Beef Cows
- Solving Postpartum Breeding Problems
Herd Health
Economics
- Commodity Options as Price Insurance for Cattlemen
- Profitable Cattle Marketing for the Cow-Calf Producer
- Understanding and Using Cattle Basis in Managing Price Risk
- Using Futures Markets to Manage Price Risk in Feeder Cattle Operations
Drought Management
- Drought Management Strategies for Beef Cattle
- Drought-Related Cattle Feeding Problems
- Forage Use and Grazing Herd Management during a Drought
- Hay Replacement Rations
University of Georgia CAES Tools for Beef Cattle Management
Economic Spreadsheets
- Forage Budgets
- Beef Cattle Budgets
All Budgets (prepared by UGA's department of Agricultural & Applied Economics)
