Calving season is in full swing and the days are long and the nights even longer.
Tempers can get short and the stress level rises across the ranching world.
When we find ourselves in stressful situations, ...
Lack of forage and increased input costs for beef producers continue as we move ahead in 2013. However, there are several tools producers can use to increase efficiency of cattle planned for market – and ...
Like many ranchers, Bill Sproul experiences the rewards and challenges of ranching on Kansas’ tallgrass prairie.
And he considers sericea lespedeza the No. 1 long-term threat for ranchers like him.
Sericea ...
Forage cost for cow-calf producers has increased dramatically in recent years, in part due to fewer acres of forage produced (due to competition from feed grains) and considerable drought throughout the ...
Controlling feral swine population boom key to limiting damage. High input costs make every available resource on an agricultural operation very valuable to the landowner.
Efficiency has become an ...
Spring rise of internal parasites should be caught early
For most cattle producers, choosing whether or not to deworm their herds may be the easy part.
Deciding when and how to treat is the big question. ...
Lice are a common winter problem in cattle, especially in northern climates with cold weather and short winter days.
Heat, sunlight and short hair make it more difficult for lice to survive and multiply; ...
The imported fire ant is another serious pest cattle producers have to battle in the southern U.S.
As of November 2012, imported fire ants inhabit all or parts of Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, ...
For cattle producers, the spring usually means it’s time for calves to be born.
However, this is also the time that other young are born – and that includes pests.
These pests can affect profitability ...
Listening to Linda Davis talk to a room full of cattle producers at the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Cattlemen’s College, you easily get the impression there’s no crisis that cannot be conquered. ...
Progressive Forum is a compilation of viewpoints from cattle producers on a given topic. Hear what those with boots on the ground have to say about the issues.
How will Japan’s expansion for U.S. ...
Growing global demand for protein, combined with depreciating South American currencies, assisted the Mercosur countries, Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay (which is currently suspended) and Uruguay to substantially ...
Communicating is still not easy, even with all of the modern options technology has given us.
Mobile phones, Skype, text messaging, video conferencing – the list goes on and I’m sure they will continue ...
Why should you monitor your rangelands? We monitor because we need to have a road map about where we have been and where we are going.
The easiest and simplest way to provide a permanent record is ...
The effects of the drought of 2012 have generated both financial and animal health challenges for the cattle industry.
As drought continues in many areas across the country this winter and spring, cattle ...
Fly control minerals could be the answer to this costly insect issue
A heavy infestation of horn flies can consume up to a half-pound of blood per cow per day.
With stiff, needle-like mouths, the ...
The tall grass prairie of the Flint Hills region in Kansas is one of the last untouched grazing areas of what was once over 140 million acres that extended from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico.
Big and ...
As a man’s marriage matures, his attitude toward going shopping evolves.
• Before marriage: When a man first dates a woman, he tries to hide the fact that they have absolutely nothing in common.
Even ...
Dennis runs a few yearlings and grows some hay a few miles south of town. He doesn’t claim to be a top hand, but he always likes to have a dog hanging around the place.
Several years ago, he adopted ...
“It’s not my fault! I didn’t do it! I can’t do it! It’s too hard! The devil made me do it! I saw it on TV. I couldn’t help myself. It’s an addiction.” The excuses never end.
It is easy to look outside ...
Igenity and Angus Genetics Inc. reduce cost for breed-specific DNA profile
Igenity, a Neogen Corporation company, and Angus Genetics Inc. have announced a significant cost reduction to the Igenity Profile ...
It usually happens when you’re by yourself. You’re trying to load a bunch of cows in the one-ton. It should hold 12 head but with four to go, they plug up.
You’re slappin’ them with the BQA-approved ...
Higher grain prices, led by sharply increased demand for corn, have provoked a variety of adjustments in agricultural markets to restore a relative balance in crop and forage prices.
Higher prices ...
To produce lush growth, forages must have adequate rest from grazing pressure
Most of us enjoy a good night’s rest and cherish the days when we get to sleep an extra hour.
Conversely, we dread the ...
Scientists have long known that cattle produce carbon dioxide and methane throughout their lives, but a new study pinpoints the cow-calf stage as a major contributor of greenhouse gases during beef production. ...
Created on 15 February 2013
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