Producers considering the use of this synchronization tool should remember that a number of factors affect pregnancy rate including cow body condition score, plane of nutrition, cattle health, and bull fertility.

Fly control needs to be considered whether in a dry lot or grazing.

A wide varieties of decision tools are available to help the rancher make the decisions.

The horn fly spends most of its time on cattle, mainly on the animal’s backs, sides and when temperatures are very warm, on the belly region.

Composting can reduce the concentration of antibiotics in cattle manure, but the degree of that reduction can vary depending on how it is tested.

Activist groups have filed suit against the BLM in an effort to prevent Hammond Ranches, Steven Hammond (second from left) and Dwight Hammond (fourth from left), from renewing their grazing permits.