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December marks the beginning of winter, which also means that it’s the perfect time to start thinking about supplementing your livestock’s diet. As temperatures drop, animals can struggle to maintain...

By Kent Tjardes If you’re using a mineral form of fly control, like Wind and Rain Storm Fly Control Mineral, consistent intake is key. Calculate consumption to know if cattle...

By Christina Hayes We focus on balancing cattle diets for energy, protein, vitamins, and minerals, but we tend to overlook water. Every physiological process involves water, and it’s requirement for...

Traditionally, grazed forages provide beef cows the majority of their nutrients during the spring and summer months. However, during droughts when forage production stops, alternative feeds and feeding programs need...

By Chad Zehnder These are simple things you can do to make the most of forages today and further on down the road: 1. Implement a grazing plan Rotational grazing...

By Chris Forcherio Have you defined what success and failure look like in your weaning program? Success might look like live, healthy calves who put on weight with minimal intervention....

By Kent Tjardes   If you’re a kid at the swimming pool, the heat of summer can be delightful. But for cattle, summer heat can be dangerous, even deadly. “Heat...

Now is the perfect time for beef producers to make management decisions that will affect the health, productivity and profitability of the herd over the next production cycle. The following...

  Coccidiosis is an intestinal disease of cattle that results from infection by a single-celled protozoa called coccidia. It is estimated that coccidiosis costs American beef and dairy producers hundreds...

By Larry Hollis, DVM, M.Ag. There are many things we do with beef calves that can cause stress. And, we know all too well that stress affects performance. Stress can...

We’re still in the dead of winter, but Mississippi State University’s Rocky Lemus already is reminding cattleman to protect their pasture grasslands from runaway broadleaf infestation this coming spring. Lemus,...

Taking shortcuts on your cattle nutrition during the winter months could risk next year’s calf crop, this year’s weaning weights and the long-term viability of your herd. According to information...