Supplementing stocker cattle during grazing can improve production efficiency

Raising beef cattle is complex, and the beef industry and animal scientists devote considerable resources to understanding and optimizing the changing nutritional needs of cattle to ensure peak animal health, producer profitability, and consumer satisfaction. A new study, published in Applied Animal Science, is adding to our understanding of stocker cattle nutrition programs. The research–conducted by a team from Oklahoma State University and Texas A&M University–demonstrates that supplementing stocker beef steers with dried distillers grains cubes during backgrounding on pasture has the…