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Beef producers learn updates to cow-calf management systems.

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.

Branding season or pasture turnout is a natural time point that lends itself well to working calves and preparing them for the summer ahead.

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.

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.

Providing a protein supplement to late gestation cows grazing dormant range is usually sufficient to maintain cow performance.

Calves exposed to persistently infected bovine viral diarrhea (BVD-PI) animals are at greater risk for BRD as well