| White
Sands Unit has 440 acres and was originally a tung research
unit operated cooperatively by USDA and Mississippi state. Currently
it is the main beef cattle research unit
with about 150 mature cows, 11 bulls and 54 replacement heifers.
The beef cattle research is based on cow-calf production, which
is the most common beef cattle enterprise in south Mississippi.
Current research is using the 1996 NRC equation to investigate
methods of reducing winter feeding cost through more effective
supplementation. |
