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Increasing adaptability with alternative grazing strategies

The more adaptable an operation is, the more resilient they will be in the face of unpredictable climate and economic challenges.

Anything that can be done to decrease input costs and increase options for management strategies will improve the adaptability of the operation.

The greatest sum in most cattle budgets is simply keeping those cows fed.

Finding creative ways to reduce feed input costs, especially in the winter, will improve the financial sustainability of the operation.

Simple adaptive management strategies can be utilizing climate tools for forage and stocking rate plans, maintaining herd flexibility and exploring alternative production and feeding strategies.

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Stress as a Nutrient Thief - Dr. Sarah Pearce

Video: Stress as a Nutrient Thief - Dr. Sarah Pearce


In this episode of The Swine Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast, Dr. Sarah Pearce, Research Animal Physiologist with USDA ARS, explains why stress can act as a nutrient thief in pigs. She discusses gastrointestinal health, barrier integrity, inflammation, feed efficiency, stress interactions, and emerging biomarkers that may help predict performance challenges before they occur. Listen now on all major platforms!

Click here to read the full research article: https://academic.oup.com/af/article/1...

"Stress can steal calories and nutrients because energy normally used for growth is redirected toward immune activation, gut repair, and other costly survival responses."

Meet the guest: Dr. Sarah Pearce / sarah-pearce-phd-3a5881a5 earned her M.S. and Ph.D. in Nutritional Sciences from Iowa State University and currently serves as a Research Animal Physiologist with the USDA Agricultural Research Service. Her research focuses on gastrointestinal physiology, nutrition, stress biology, immune function, and productivity in pigs and poultry. Learn more from Dr. Sarah Pearce on the Swine Nutrition Black Belt Podcast, available on all major platforms.