ISU Researchers Tackle Salt Free Restructured Beef Color
Iowa State University researchers seek salt free binding to improve color and texture of restructured beef products made from low value cuts. They test myofibrillar proteins egg albumen and other binders while pursuing precooked breaded snacks and packaging options to boost consumer acceptance.
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Iowa State
Iowa State University
Dennis Olson
ISU
Comitrol
Olson
ISU Meat Laboratory
Beef cow records boost profits for Iowa herds
A 1982 Iowa State University extension project analyzed detailed herd records from 14 central Iowa producers. Top herds averaged $18 per cow in management returns while bottom groups lost $170, with calf crop percentage and least cost rations cited as key factors. The Beef Cow Business Record publication offers a budgeting tool for producers at $2.
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Central Iowa
Iowa State University Extension Service
Douglas Henderson
Des Moines
Iowa State
Mr. Henderson
Extension Service
Beef Co
Des Moines Area
Iowa State University
Ames
Iowa
Pasture management key to strong beef production in Iowa
Ames Iowa extension agronomist Steve Barnhart warns that three quarters of a beef cow’s energy comes from pasture and forage cropland. He urges careful pasture management matching livestock needs to forage quality, balancing pasture area to stock, and using nitrogen inputs to boost productivity while reducing weed invasion.
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Iowa State University Extension Agronomist
Steve Barnhart
Mr. Barnhart
Barnhart
Pamphlet Calls For Better Feeder Calf Handling
A new pamphlet from the Livestock Conservation Institute estimates nearly 2 percent of feeder calves die after arrival, with total losses of 20 to 30 dollars per animal from death, shrink, sickness, and costs. Health and Handling of Feeder Calves, co authored by Dr. John Herrick and Temple Grandin, covers preconditioning processing auction handling and pen chute designs. It offers diagrams, receiving areas, hospital pens, work areas and squeeze chutes for large and small feedlots. Copies available by request from the institute at South St. Paul Minnesota. prices for bulk orders on request.
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John Herrick
Iowa State University
Temple Grandin
Grandin Livestock Systems
Herrick
LCI
Livestock Conservation Institute
Dept. Fch
Livestock Exchange Building
South St. Paul
Minn
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