Just like feeding your own family, feeding your cattle is both a matter of science and guesswork, with the goal to provide them the most nutritious yet affordable food. Healthy cattle feed can contain a variety of components. Here's a look at the basics:
Hay
In order to be good for beef cattle, hay has to be harvested at the right time. Otherwise, it loses nutrients, especially as it dries. Hay can also become moldy if it isn't stored properly.
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Taking measures to protect your business from fire is important. Your preventative measures need to be more than a few fire extinguishers placed around the building. You should create a thorough system that will not only alert you of a fire but also help to prevent and stop one once it has started. To get you started on your fire safety plan, here are a few suggestions.
Install an Automatic Fire Suppression System
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Early on, pretty much all forms of crop production could have been deemed organic because all of the chemicals, such as fertilizers and fungicides, just were not in development or available yet. However, through the years, agricultural business owners took turns into raising crops in different ways–often times using various chemical compounds to do what they thought was right to protect their crops from disease and insects or support larger growth records.
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If you're planting a new lawn, choosing the right type of grass is important. If you're looking for a grass that's ideal in warm climates but can easily adapt to increased shade and fluctuating weather, St. Augustine grass may be your solution. This is ideal in more tropical environments where the weather can fluctuate significantly. Unfortunately most varieties of St. Augustine grass are sterile, so you don't find this grass grown from seed very often.
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