Drovers
There are more myths about distillers’ grains and gluten feed than I can list. One of the more interesting is that distillers’ grains will cause foot rot and bloat, when in fact distillers’ grains, with their dense mineral content, improve bone and hoof hardness and will reduce the chance of bloat if fed correctly.
Congress and regulatory oversight agencies have held hearings to examine the role of speculation in commodity markets.
As we get nearer to spring calving season, our clinic will begin to get calls of aborted fetuses, near-term stillbirths and lost calves. These cases can be frustrating, as often we will not get a definitive diagnosis of what caused the problem. It is important for producers to understand a couple of things when deciding if it is worth the expense and effort to run diagnostic tests on individual ill or dead animals.
Faced with adversity, Duncanson Growers discovered how to get better.
University of Florida researchers have developed a variety of bahiagrass that better withstands cold temperatures than other varieties.
While you may just be starting calving season, now is the time to start thinking about breeding season.
Study shows proposed new regulations from USDA will cost the broiler chicken industry more than $1 billion over five years.
As frost begins to cover fields, cattle producers should protect grazing livestock against prussic acid poisoning and bloat.
Stream and canal areas with the greatest variety of plants and soil organisms have the healthiest soil and least pollution potential.
Livestock producers at the Department of Justice’s competition forum in Fort Collins find lots to disagree about
Agency still to make additional calls yet on E15
USDA’s monthly Cattle on Feed report showed some surprises today. Three market experts decipher the numbers and provide advice.
Fall means there are a lot of calves being weaned, shipped and received. By now, hopefully, you have a plan of action in place to keep the process as calm and stress-free as possible for the animals. Additional stresses at weaning and processing can inhibit immunity.
Match the smallest cowherd on record with an upswing in beef demand, and the stage is set for higher cattle prices across the board.
While the type of vaccine administered is a central part of herd health, the proper timing of vaccinations is also significant.
Byproduct feeds from ethanol plants offer beef herd owners a way to supplement bad hay being baled for winter feed this year.
Considerations to planning and management of flood-damaged pastures and hay fields.
Agency wants permitting programs to include greenhouse gas emissions so they will be able to implement the agency’s first-time GHG permitting requirements starting in January.