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Published April 21, 2022

USDA Awards $600k to NDSU for Animal Nutrition, Reproductive Research

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These heifers are part of a strategy to improve grasslands for nesting birds in the Kulm Wetland Management District in North Dakota. [Photo: Krista Lundgren/USFWS]
These heifers are part of a strategy to improve grasslands for nesting birds in the Kulm Wetland Management District in North Dakota. [Photo: Krista Lundgren/USFWS]

BISMARCK — U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced today the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded North Dakota State University (NDSU) two grants totaling $600,000 to promote innovative work in nutrition and reproduction of beef cattle.

  • $300,000 to study the impacts of providing vitamin and mineral supplementation to beef heifers throughout gestation, compared to unsupplemented heifers.
  • $300,000 to study and develop nutritional strategies to improve heifer development and calf performance, thereby improving production efficiency of the cow-calf industry.
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