This will allow producers to make better production decisions that will benefit the Indiana soybean producer, as well as the processor will receive a better product. The marketplace in the beef industry has developed so that producers may receive a premium for cattle that possess a quality grade of average choice or better. This research project will investigate how marbling may be affected by weaning and finishing market cattle. By studying carcass data and lean growth curves, a benchmark carcuss merit system will be developed to provide producers with management practices that will increase the market value for a high quality, lean beef carcass. These foods and their components, when ingested, assist with regulating a particular body process, like biological defense mechanisms that reduce the risk of a specific disease.
Program seeks to improve Indiana s reputation and position in the beef cattle industry.
This research will provide cow-calf producers with a working example of how improved forage utilization practices and beef cattle breeding management practices can result in more profit potential. Research may confirm that anaerobic treatment of swine waste is not only economical for the producer, but also decreases the negative impact odor has on the environment surrounding a pork operation. Value added management practices improve the economic value of pork and insure a good neighbor policy. Last year s study focused on using the compound AVG to modify hormones in peach trees which regulate bud development. Previous studies have shown this technique works, but is has some detrimental side effects which we will attempt to overcome by modifying the amount, timing and delivery of AVG to the peach trees.