Cow-Calf

The Togo wolf pack has attacked five cattle in the past 10 months, which meets the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife's lethal removal policy threshold but there are no current plans to euthanize the wolves.

Completing a number of management techniques and vaccine protocols prior to the stress of weaning, comingling and transport will help assemble a calf crop more resilient to disease challenges.

New sire selection rules for Show-Me-Select Replacement Heifers improve reliable calving-ease genetics.

Before the fall calving season commences, now is the time to put together and post a protocol for family members and hired employees to follow when they find a cow or heifer starting in the process of calving.

Weather and forage conditions over the next several weeks could have a major impact on female prices this fall.

Cow-calf producers have a number of factors to consider when weighing the decision of retained ownership.

The reasons behind cattle diseases exploding in certain years and not others have to do with the fact that our animals are beholden to their environment.

The risks and rewards of retained ownership are fairly even.

If there’s any place where a good 2" rain causes dancing in the streets, it’s in West Texas. In a land that’s usually dry anyway, the past few years of drought have been challenging to say the least.

Efficient beef production starts when the bull mates with a cow and biological efficiency mates with economic efficiency.

Some overriding forces are shaping the economic environment for U.S. cow-calf operations.

Many fall-calving cow herds are managed to begin the calving season near the first of September.

The latest USDA Cattle report provided the most recent pieces of information to the ever-evolving cattle inventory picture.

Cow-calf producers need to manage costs and production.

A decision by Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller to halt the operation of spray boxes utilized to prevent to the spread of Cattle Fever Ticks is getting pushback from other government officials and cattlemen.

Research by the University of Nebraska investigating summer dry lotting of cow-calf pairs has shown seasonal dry lotting can be a cost competitive option to traditional production systems. 

Those heifers that are determined to be "open" after this breeding season, should be strong candidates for culling.

Check bulls often during the early part of the breeding season.

One unknown hanging over all meat markets is the impact of rising tariffs on meat exports.

Research continues to demonstrate the impact of maternal nutrition on the developing fetus in beef cattle.