Increasing beef cattle growth

The Farmers Business Network has been following a story regarding a new beef cattle feeding science which they say is has been 30 years in the making. It will enable producers to cut costs significantly, while optimizing growth in beef cattle. A company called Boveta Nutrition claims to have optimized a feed formulation that ensures nutrients are being delivered more precisely. This means cattle consume less feed while maintaining, or even increasing, their gain. Producers get more planned beef production from less feed, meaning a reduction in costs and an increase in profit potential, as well as a reduction in methane gas production.

Ben Row, farm manager at Talcott Land and Cattle outside of Lincoln, Nebraska, participated in an FBN managed independent study of the Amino balancing program: 

“Our cost of gain is around $0.71 now. We were at about $1.20 before so that’s a big drop. Plus, the health of the cattle and their overall performance has gone up greatly. Everything is growing better because it’s the right nutrition to grow them the right way.”

According to Dr. Monte Kerley, FBN’s Senior Ruminant Nutritionist and one of the world's leading experts on beef cattle nutrition, “Amino acid balancing has been a standard nutritional practice in the swine and poultry industries to drive margin and animal growth but we haven't been able to solve the riddle with beef cattle until now. After decades, we finally believe we’re able to deliver this solution to beef producers and its unique potential to decrease feed costs while maintaining optimal growth.”