LIMOUSIN
Today
Limousin Today – Profit Tomorrow • Official Publication of NALF
®
April 2019 • Vol. 3, No. 7
Features and News
Update on the Cattle Cycle: What’s Next?,
By Derrell Peel ......................................................................................... 13
2019 NALF Committee Assignments ............................................ 14
Best Possible Bulls from Full Service Relationships,
By Bruce Derksen ................................................................................... 20
Keep Records of Twins or Other Multiple Calf Births,
By Glenn Selk .......................................................................................... 33
2018 Limousin Breed Market Summary Report ........................ 38
Is Creep Feeding Beef Calves Profitable?,
By Devin Broadhead and Matt Stockton ......................................... 45
Consider Native Warm Season Grasses as a Compliment to Tall
Fescue,
By David Burton ..................................................................................... 51
Early Spring Nutritional Challenges of Spring-Calving Cows,
By Glenn Selk .......................................................................................... 64
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Today’s Columns
Hello, April,
By Gary Fuchs........................... 6
Change Continues in the
U.S. Seedstock Industry,
By Mark Anderson................... 8
Animal Breeding 101:
Heritability,
By Tonya Amen.......................18
The Brakes Aren’t Working,
By Colt Schrader.....................26
A New Thing,
By Julie Ochsner.....................36
A Winter to Remember (or
Forget)
By Andy Rest...........................50
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