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A producer asked Beef Cattle Institute experts to address how to give medical care to an animal in the field. Options listed: darting, roping, trailering or walking to a facility, doing nothing. What would you choose?

More than 500 U.S. counties have shortages of food animal veterinarians, according to a report, authored by Cornell University’s Dr. Clinton Neill. The report highlights some solutions the U.S. government could deploy

Congratulations to Martin Angus, the 2022 recipient of the Tomorrow’s Top Producer Horizon Award. Take a virtual trip to their diversified operation nestled in the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia.

“If you can manage these moments, the world is yours,” says Dr. JP Pawliw-Fry.

Working with livestock isn't a skill we're born with; it’s learned through discipline and practice. That's from cattle consultant Kip Lukasiewicz, sharing practical ways to rethink cattle handling.

Many young veterinarians looking for a first job in their careers shy away from geography as remote as Ashland, Kansas. Drs. Ashley Fischer and Libby Farney had the exact opposite strategy.

The 2017 Starbuck wildfire devastated rural ranching towns across four states. Three years on, resilience in both the land and people bands this community together.

Part 8: Consumer Perceptions

Part 7: Animal Welfare

Part 6: Labor

Part 5: Industry Structure

Part 4: Antibiotic Stewardship

Part 3: Animal genetics

Part 2: Medical Technology

Part 1: Client Services and Communications

Production Animal Consultation (PAC) Veterinarians Aim to Fine-Tune Beef-Cattle Management from Birth to Slaughter.

Researchers address challenges in livestock pain mitigation.

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For many years, the biggest questions producers faced in controlling internal parasites related to timing.

​​​​​​​We’ve all seen the headlines over the years, and some very recent, about professional dissatisfaction and burnout among veterinarians.

Alberta-based consulting group draws on data and a diverse team to provide integrated services to producers.

Reproduction strategies, some simple and some more advanced, can economically boost calving rates.

The complex challenges of addressing antimicrobial resistance (AMR) make it a prototypical “One-Health” issue, according to five new papers published in the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.

Veterinarians, and the farm and ranch crews they train, face inherently dangerous working conditions. One, with potentially serious or even fatal results, is injury from needles while injecting medications.

What are your initial thoughts on the potential for using Cannabis products such as CBD or THC for production or therapeutic applications in beef or dairy cattle?

Report shows substantial decline in sales of medically important antibiotics for food animal use during 2017.

The veterinarian can play a positive role in hiring, firing, turnover and promotion in the feedlot.

Service is top of mind for this Kansas veterinarian.

A two-day workshop focused on unit cost of production for cow-calf operations will be offered at the Red Will County 4-H Building in McCook on November 5th and 6th from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Leadership and inspired teamwork help ensure that health and management protocols succeed.

These days, long-term viability in animal agriculture requires identifying and capitalizing on efficiencies, while also conserving resources, protecting animal welfare and ensuring food safety and public health.

While the need for change and adaptation remain critical, bovine veterinary practice will continue to thrive.

When feedlot and dairy workers enjoy their jobs, feel empowered to make decisions and understand the reasons behind their tasks, they are most likely to provide good animal husbandry.

Farmers and ranchers develop a natural affinity toward “systems thinking,” says John Groves, DVM, with Livestock Vet Services in Eldon, Missouri.