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Meet Dustin HeitkampWyndmere, ND FEED EFFICIENCY STARTS FROM THE GROUND UP Want to Drive Up Efficiency? Just look down, says Dustin Heitkamp, a cow-calf producer from Wyndmere, North Dakota. “The one thing I think you should do is watch your manure. It tells you a lot,” he says. He hasn’t always done that, but with feed costs skyrocketing, the need to ensure cows are getting adequate nutrition through the winter is paramount. “When you get them on a lot of dry feed or not enough protein, your manure starts to stack more,” he says. If your cows are on an adequate plane of nutrition, the manure will lie flat. “Pancake batter, they call it,” he says, “with a little bit of a dimple in it.” Checking the manure is important to the third-generation beef producer and farmer because Heitkamp Farms, like an awful lot of beef operations, winters their 650-head cow herd on some mighty low-quality feed. “Just making sure, watching that manure and making sure we’re getting the right feed into them and are able to stretch it.” Earning a Good Reputation Dustin’s grandfather and a partner started the operation in 1960, just as European beef genetics came ashore from across the pond. The first breed to come into the U.S. were Charolais. His grandfather was an early adopter and is credited with bringing the genetics into their area of southeast North Dakota. While many beef producers have shifted to Angus genetics over time, the Heitkamps maintain their roots in European breeds. “We have a Charolais-Simmental cross and go for a buckskin calf,” he says. “Our red Simmental cows are bred Charolais and our Charolais cross cows are bred red Simmental.” They calve in February and March, cold months that far north, but need to get calves up and around before spring field work starts. In addition to the cowherd, they also farm around 3,500 acres, mainly a corn and soybean rotation... CONTINUE READING! READ DUSTIN'S STORY!Find a rancher review from your neck of the woods.Browse videos of ranchers all across North America sharing what they've seen using the Riomax® lick tubs. BROWSE NOWARTICLE PREVIEW: The Impacts of 3rd Trimester Cow Nutrition Have you ever wondered how third-trimester nutrition can affect your calving season? It's not something that should be looked at lightly, so let’s discuss why 3rd-trimester nutrition is of all importance to the cow and the calf, the effects it can have on your calving season, and ultimately, how it will affect your bottom line. Optimize Calf PerformanceOver 70% of the growth of the fetus happens during the third trimester, which is why it is a critical time to ensure that you're giving the cow everything she needs to optimize her full genetic potential. As Dr. Hall of Utah State University always reminds us, very little trace mineral can make it through the milk and into the calf! Now imagine that every calf has a mineral bucket, which needs to be filled for optimum performance. If you were to wait until calving to provide trace minerals to the calf, that mineral bucket is going to be fairly empty. But, if you could start providing minerals to the fetus NOW, during the third trimester, it will give the calf a head start on filling its bucket. Ensuring the mother has a high-quality mineral now will allow the mineral to get into her bloodstream, and through the umbilical cord to the calf. Ultimately, this will create a higher chance of success when calving season rolls around. When the fetus receives high-quality minerals in the 3rd-trimester, it can start building an immune system that will help it fight sickness and scours. The calf’s vigor will also be impacted, and the better it starts its life, the better the calf will perform and gain as it goes. CONTINUE READING Questions? Comments? Give us a holler! The Riomax Team
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