Herd Health

While the headline sounds rather dramatic, it is true that the nutritional management of your herd in late gestation (the three months prior to calving) can have long-term effects.

When Oklahoma cattleman Jeffrey Lynch realized he was “leaving money on the table,” he decided to change his marketing strategy. Lynch runs 70 cows on 460 acres near Perry, Oklahoma.

Research overwhelmingly supports the concept of fetal programming. With so much at stake, cow-calf producers must take time to understand the stages of fetal development.

Before we get too far into this, I have a confession: I can’t actually predict the future. I don’t know exactly what antibiotic use will look like in beef production of the future.

The management of receiving cattle continues to be a dogma that impacts the bottom line of the cattle-feeding industry. Currently, cattle producers are managing the health and productivity of newly received cattle to get them on feed as quick as possible.

Pneumonia has been a thorn in the side of livestock producers for decades.