Midwestern Cattle Management

March 11, 2012

Early Weaning During Drought

Filed under: Livestock Care - 11 Mar 2012

In a traditional sense, calves are weaned at six to seven months of age. However, during a drought, forage is generally limiting and early weaning should be a consideration as a management tool for a producer. The time of weaning …

January 9, 2012

Dr. Temple Grandin Speaks with Cattle Producers at Texas Angus Field Day

Filed under: Livestock Care,Uncategorized - 09 Jan 2012

The Texas Angus Association recently hosted a field day in Luling, Texas at the Luling Foundation. The Luling Foundation is an agricultural demonstration farm that engages in many different types of ag production, including raising commercial cattle and registered Angus …

December 31, 2011

Winter Cow Management

Filed under: Breeding Stock,Feeding cattle,Livestock Care - 31 Dec 2011

 

The winter season is already upon cattle producers and with winter feeding management is critical as feed costs become the largest expense in a cow/calf operation.

“A winter feeding program will vary for each operation depending on the quality …

October 29, 2011

Bovine Trichomoniasis: A Cattle Producer’s Nightmare of a Veneral Disease

Filed under: Breeding Stock,Livestock Care - 29 Oct 2011

 

One reproductive disease that all cattle ranchers find disastrous to a cowherd is Bovine Trichomoniasis also known as Trich.

Bovine Trichomoniasis is a veneral disease caused by …

September 28, 2011

Wildfire Danger to Land and Livestock – Prevent, Prepare, and Protect

Filed under: Cattle News,Livestock Care - 28 Sep 2011

When the drought gets brought up at the coffee shop these days – it’s old news. The states in the southern and southwestern parts of the United States are experiencing some of the worst drought conditions in history and have …

September 16, 2011

Destocking the Cow Herd

Filed under: Breeding Stock - 16 Sep 2011

Times are tough and much of the land is dry. What are you, as a producer going to do with your
herd?

As a producer, the first thing you have to ask yourself is why do you have cattle in the first
place? …

August 12, 2011

Curt Pate: Horse Whisperer AND Cow Whisperer

Filed under: Livestock Care - 12 Aug 2011

Curt Pate. Just sounds like a name out of an old Western novel, doesn’t it? When Curt Pate was born, his parents must have known he was going to be a cowboy. They sure named him appropriately.

Curt Pate grew up …

August 9, 2011

Basic Ranch Management for the Small Producer

Filed under: Uncategorized - 09 Aug 2011

When it comes to size, the definition is relative. “Small” beef cattle operations are defined as
those maintain a cowherd of less than 100 head.

Be sure to not that “small” does not equate with insignificant or unimportant. Every cattle
producer that contributes …

July 19, 2011

Herd Management: Pregnancy Checking

Filed under: Breeding Stock,Livestock Care - 19 Jul 2011

One important herd management practice that often gets overlooked or neglected by beef cattle producers is pregnancy examinations.

According to 2007-08 National Animal Health Monitoring System data, only about twenty percent of beef cow-calf producers use pregnancy testing or palpation in …

July 14, 2011

Low Stress Cattle Handling Good For You & Your Cattle

Filed under: Livestock Care - 14 Jul 2011

The popular HBO movie released in 2010 was probably the first exposure many people had to the name Temple Grandin.

In the agricultural world however, Dr. Temple Grandin’s name is incredibly well known. She is a very respected animal scientist at …

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