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Consider palpating beef cows

With the combination of the summer heat and the high cost of feed, John Grimes, Extension beef coordinator at the Ohio State University recommends cow-calf producers palpate this fall.

“What concerns me is the heat we had in late June and first half of July,” said Grimes. “It would not surprise me if we see lower conception rates and I think just a sound practice would be to palpate them and cull out problems if you’ve got them, I just think we can’t afford to put expensive feed in an open cow.”

The Extension beef coordinator says palpating is a practice often underutilized by cow-calf producers.