The euphoria of high cattle prices in 2014 leads, for some cow-calf producers, to uneasiness and indecision in 2015. The question is how to best take advantage of the current market.
Governmental affairs, networking, financial planning and a few sprinkles of shenanigans filled the first session for the Kansas Livestock Association Young Stockmen's Academy.
When the VFD regulations go into effect, they will ONLY apply to antibiotics used in the feed! They will not affect other feed use medications such as; ionophores, coccidia, other parasite and insect control drugs, or r
From part four of our four-part ranch succession-planning series. "If anyone in a family business resists taking the necessary steps to form a succession plan, they are putting their family operation in the cull pen to
In 1996, the Animal Drug Availability Act (ADAA) was signed into law to provide flexibility for the way the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulates animal drugs and medicated feeds. This was enacted to increas
Veterinarians will, over the next five years, become more involved in overseeing the use of all forms of medically important antimicrobials used in livestock.
The new Veterinary Feed Directive (VFD) issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will change the use of medicated milk replacers. Danielle Mzyk, DVM/PhD candidate at North Carolina State University College
Summer often brings a few infectious ailments to beef cows. Common problems include eye infections and foot rot. Treatment of affected cows will often involve the use of antibiotics, so remember VFD rules.
Much has been written about the state of cattle numbers across the nation. Shrinking herd numbers have experts concerned about the industry's ability to fill available feedlot pen space, keep packing plants operating an
If veterinary feed directive or VFD isn't in your ranching dictionary, it's something you need to learn the definition of, how it will apply to your health management program and what communications you will want to ini
For decades, the heart disease paradigm has been that heart attacks and strokes are caused by arteries filled with plaque because we eat too much saturated fat. Only one problem: It?s dead wrong.
