Mississippi Beef Cattle Publications

Below is a list of Beef Cattle Production publications available. Publications can be obtained by contacting a county Extension office or clicking on a title below for an online version of the publication.

Beef Cattle Short Courses

August 2005 - Mississippi - Louisiana Stocker Cattle/ Heifer Development Short Course Proceedings

May 2005 - Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station 2005 MSU South Farm Beef Cattle Field Day Proceedings

April 2005 - Cattlemen's Exchange Statewide Meeting: Live from the MSU Meats Lab (Real Time Streaming Video)

May 2004 - Mississippi Beef Cattle Short Course Proceedings - Production Targets for Success in the Beef Industry

Beef Cattle Disaster Recovery and Preparation

Publication 2507 - Hurricane Preparedness and Recovery for Beef Cattle Operations

Publication 2426 - Mississippi Beef Cattle Producer Guide to Coping with Drought Conditions

Interactive Video Link from August 7, 2006 Drought Information Session

Dealing with Excessively Wet Conditions on Beef Cattle Operations

Mississippi Animal Disease and Disaster Preparedness Cattle Brochure

Programa de Prevencion de Enfermedades Animales y de Desastres Naturales de Mississippi

Publication 2487 - Mississippi Animal Disease and Disaster Preparedness Program

Information Sheet 1720 - Diet Supplements for Livestock

Information Sheet 1721 - Feeding Water-Damaged Feeds

Information Sheet 1723 - Handling Flood-Damaged Hay

Information Sheet 1728 - Salvaging Wet Stored Grain or Feed

Information Sheet 1730 - Replacing Hay With Grain

Information Sheet 1735 - What To Do During a Power Failure on the Farm

Information Sheet 1736 - Maintaining Livestock Health After A Flood

Information Sheet 1737 - Flood-related Disease in Poultry and Livestock

Beef Improvement Federation 2006 Annual Meeting, Choctaw, MS

BIF 2006 Proceedings

End Product

Publication 2522 - Beef Grades and Carcass Information

Case Study: Mississippi Cattle Producers Gain Insight to Temperament Effects on Feedlot Performance and Subsequent Meat Quality

Publication 2400 - Mississippi Beef Quality Assurance Program Certification Manual

Versión en Español - Aseguramienta de Calidad de Carne Manual de Certificacion

Publication 2526 - Mississippi Livesstock Quality Assurance Program for Youth Producers

Publication 2261 - Mississippi Farm to Feedlot Project

Bulletin 1111 - Regional Differences in Consumer Demand for Beef Rib-Eye Steak Attributes

Use of a Cattle Feeding Profitability Prediction Contest in Beef Extension Programming

Forages

Publication 2458 - Assessing Needs and Feed Sources: How Much Forage Do I Have?

Publication 2496 - Establishing a Forage Fertility Program

Publication 2461 - Extending the Grazing Season: Stockpiled Tall Fescue

Publication 2562 - Fertilizer Calculator for Pastures in Mississippi Excel Program Instruction Sheet

Publication 2541 - Guidelines for Pasture Establishment

Publication 2540 - Hay Storage: Dry Matter Lossses and Quality Changes

Publication 2539 - Hay Testing and Understanding Forage Quality

Publication 2538 - Livestock Fencing Systems for Pasture Management

Minimizing Losses in Hay Storage and Feeding

Publication 2459 - Pasture Management and Grazing Guide for Livestock Producers

Publication 2463 - Pasture Planning for Winter Forages

Publication 2497 - Strategies for Better Management of Pasture Fertilization

Use of an Internet-Based Hay Directory in Beef Cattle Extension Programming

Genetics

Publication 2491 - Expected Progeny Differences and Selection Indices for Beef Cattle Selection

Publication 2509 - Ultrasound Scanning Beef Cattle for Body Composition

MBCIA Adjusted Weaning Weight Calculator - Excel File

MBCIA Cow Herd Performance Record Manager - Excel File

MBCIA Cow Herd Performance Record Sheet - Pdf File

MBCIA Cow Herd Performance Records Summary Sheet - Pdf File

MBCIA Performance Data Collection Calendar - Excel File

National Beef Cattle Evaluation Consortium - Beef Sire Selection Manual

Beef Improvement Federation - Guidelines for Uniform Beef Improvement Programs, 8th edition

Health

Publication 214 - Beef Cattle Livestock Parasite Control

Publication 2326 - Biosecurity for Beef Producers

Publication 1856 - Drug Withdrawal Times for Beef Cattle

Publication 1554 - Health Programs and Health Management for Beef Calves

Publication 2551 - Identifying Sick or Injured Cattle

Uniform Program Standards for the Mississippi Voluntary BVD Control Program

Publication 2480 - What You Should Know About Bovine Viral Diarrhea in Cattle

Publication 2457 - What You Should Know About Johne's Disease in Beef Cattle

Management

Publication 2555 - Early Weaning Beef Calves

Publication 2464 - Freeze Branding Beef Cattle

Publication 2485 - Growth-Promoting Implants for Beef Cattle

Research Report 23, No. 3 - Systems to Reduce the Cost of Preconditioning Purchased Calves

Marketing/ Economics

Bulletin 1126 - Attitudes of Small Beef Producers Toward Selected Production and Marketing Practices

Bulletin 1128 - Attitudes of Large Beef Producers Toward Selected Production and Marketing Practices

Publication 2514 - Beef Cattle Seedstock Marketing

Publication 2563 - Direct Marketing Beef

Bulletin 1058 - Economic Evaluation of Overseeded Ryegrass and Hay Quality for Wintering Beef Cows in South Mississippi

Publication 2328 - Evaluating Contract Grazing Alternatives in the Southeast

Factor Price Disparity and Retained Ownership of Feeder Cattle: An Application of Feedlot and Carcass Performance Data to Farm-level Decision Making

Publication 2520 - Market Cow and Bull Management and Marketing

Publication 2556 - Marketing Fed Cattle

Publication 2552 - Marketing Feeder Calves

Publication 2299 - Rotational Grazing: Will it Pay?

Nutrition

Publication 2521 - Anti-quality Factors in Beef Cattle Diets

Publication 2564 - Beef Bull Development

Publication 2528 - Beef Cattle Nutrient Requirements

Publication 2519 - Beef Cattle Nutritional Disorders

Publication 2490 - Beef Cattle Water Requirements and Source Management

Publication 2508 - Body Condition Scoring Beef Cattle

Publication 2524 - Creep Feeding Beef Calves

Distillers Grains for Livestock Diets: Questions and Answers

Publication 2504 - Energy in Beef Cattle Diets

Publication 2518 - Feed Additives for Beef Cattle Diets

Feeding Raw Whole Soybeans to Beef Cattle

Publication 2489 - Fiber in Beef Cattle Diets

Publication 2484 - Mineral and Vitamin Nutrition for Beef Cattle

Publication 2499 - Protein in Beef Cattle Diets

Publication 2488 - Replacement Beef Heifer Development

Publication 2503 - Understanding the Ruminant Animal Digestive System

Reproduction

Publication 2558 - Beef Cattle Calving Management

Publication 2501 - Calving Season Selection Considerations

Publication 2486 - Economic Impact of Artificial Insemination vs. Natural Mating for Beef Cattle Herds

Publication 2569 - Sex-Sorted Semen for Beef Cow-Calf Production

MBCIA Estrus Synchronization Calendar - Excel File

Stocker Cattle

Publication 2506 - Stocker Cattle Receiving Management

Publication 2505 - Selecting a Feedlot for Beef Cattle Finishing