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Coffee discussions tend to assume an answer quickly, but the reality is much more difficult and complicated.
When it comes to the health of newborn calves, it all starts with the cow.
The Angus Foundation white paper discusses ‘Genetic Basis for Heat Tolerance in Cattle.’
Eminent domain could pose problems for beef producers in central Texas where a high speed railroad is being proposed.
Testing bulls for reproductive health is even more important now for beef cattle producers because feeder calves are expected to generate record prices this fall, a Purdue University veterinary scientist says.
Winter effects will vary, but for those cows that used up some conditioning during the cold winter, spring feed is critical to meet lactation needs, as well pending reproductive needs.
After calving season comes to an end, it won’t be long before breeding season begins. To ensure a successful breeding season, it is critical to monitor nutritional status of the cows by evaluating body condition score.
Branding season or pasture turnout is a natural time point that lends itself well to working calves and preparing them for the summer ahead.
A critical component of reproductive success is having sound, highly fertile bulls.
The sale of fall-calving, Show-Me-Select beef heifers will begin at 7 p.m. on May 15 at Joplin Regional Stockyards near Carthage, Mo.
An Oklahoma man has been sentenced to prison for stealing seven cows from a ranch.
The point and challenge is that beef producers need to have a plan. In other words, it is the process of slowly changing stocking rates to reflect the changing plant communities in response to changing moisture supplies.
The beef industry stands alone in 2015 in its continued reduction in supplies available to consumers.
Beef producers learn updates to cow-calf management systems.
High cattle prices make it important to prevent stocker cattle from having bovine respiratory disease (BRD).
The 2015 spring bull breeding soundness clinics found 14.5 percent of the screened bulls to be unsatisfactory as potential breeders to be placed in with cows or heifers this spring.
Producers with good, workable chutes are more likely to complete the appropriate practices than an owner with sub-par facilities.
Every year at green up, grass managers must make decisions about when and where to begin grazing.
Although calving season management is the primary concern for most spring-calving herds, that is only half the battle, explained Warren Rusche, SDSU Extension Cow/Calf Field Specialist.
Even though we don’t know for sure how pasture conditions will turn out it’s never too early to make drought management plans.
Providing a protein supplement to late gestation cows grazing dormant range is usually sufficient to maintain cow performance.
Achieving a 100 percent calf crop is very difficult, unless a farmer has only one cow. But a 100 percent calf crop is a great goal according to Eldon Cole, livestock specialist with University of Missouri Extension.
The Baylor County Range Management Workshop will be May 1 at the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service office in Baylor County, 500 N. Main St. in Seymour.
Extra weight on a set of feeder calves can translate into more net dollars in the seller’s pocket.
A better understanding of the pre- and post-transportation risk factors and in-transit factors that influence calf welfare will inform strategies for improving animal welfare outcomes.
Diagnosing BRD is easy, says Mike Apley, Kansas State University microbiologist—as long as nobody’s checking your accuracy, that is.
The price slide between feeder cattle of various weights are setting extreme records this year
Veterinarians seek ways to reduce the incidence of the disease claiming 16% of calves on the ranch
Buyers seek calves that are weaned and processed, and they avoid cattle deemed “high risk”