House and Senate Agriculture Committee leaders are hoping to utilize the lame duck session of Congress after the midterm elections to advance the Farm Bill. Republicans and Democrats have both indicated their desire to reach an agreement and committee…

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…

Intake of low-quality forage (LQF) in the absence of protein supplementation fails to meet ruminal microbial nitrogen requirements, decreasing forage utilization and animal performance. Supplementation of both protein and starch is used to ameliorate the…