Developing beef replacement heifers into productive mature animals requires nutritional strategies that support adequate growth, timely puberty, and optimal pregnancy outcomes. Direct-fed microbials (DFM), particularly spore-forming Bacillus species, can…

Beef-production systems play a key role in the intersection between food production, biodiversity conservation, and preservation of ecosystem functions (Gerber et al., 2015). As global interest in the concept of “Nature Positive” increases, in parallel to…

Full-fat rice bran (FFRB) is a valuable feed alternative, but its available energy values for gestating and lactating sows remain poorly defined. Although the substitution method is widely used to determine the energy content of feed ingredients, the…