2019 Cattle Feeders Hall of Fame: James Herring, A Visionary Leader

For those that calve in January and February, the rapid changes in temperature may have played a role in calf sickness and growth. 

Various areas of the U.S. have been dealing with adverse winter weather during the past week, but it hasn’t stopped farmers and ranchers from working.

Dairy farmers in multiple dairying regions of Idaho and Washington experienced significant snowfall, high winds and extreme cold over the weekend, leaving nearly 2,000 dairy cows dead.

As livestock owners care for livestock in frigid temperatures, it is important to know where efforts are best spent.

Although we can’t alter the weather, there are management steps that can be taken to help maintain cattle health and performance.

Mother Nature is at it again. What started off as a mild winter has quickly escalated into an arctic blast, turning rural parts of the country into a frozen tundra.

While keeping a generator on the farm may seem like a “no-brainer” when it comes to preparing for a storm, making sure this life-saving device is ready to go at any moment is a necessity.

With Winter Storm Harper on its way this weekend, after a large section of the country received snow this past weekend, now’s the time to take a quick inventory of the snow load on your buildings. 

A major winter storm this past week extended in a belt across the middle of the country from Denver east to the mid-Atlantic coast.