BeefTalk: Pregnancy Evaluation is a Key Management Tool

BeefTalk: Pregnancy Evaluation is a Key Management Tool

Kris Ringwall, Beef Specialist, NDSU Extension Service

Next year’s planning is under way. Everything is upbeat, and the cows and bulls even get a blue ribbon. Eighty-four percent of the cows are projected to calf in the first 21 days of the calving season next spring. This means that the cows cycled and the bulls got them bred.

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Don’t be taken by surprise by anaplasmosis

Don’t be taken by surprise by anaplasmosis

Dave Sparks, DVM

Cattle Today

It is easy to be taken by surprise by anaplasmosis. Although the problem can occur any time, it is usually most prevalent in the mid to late summer. This is a time when many stockmen are busy in the hay fields or with other projects and are not checking their cows every day like they do during winter feeding.

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Obama and Romney: Concerning AG Issues

Obama and Romney: Concerning AG Issues

On the Issues.com

Presidential candidates present their AG Policy

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Stalks can be cost-effective for heifers

Stalks can be cost-effective for heifers

Geni Wren

Bovine Veterinarian Magazine

While much of the country is still feeling the effects of the drought, it’s still important to keep young heifers nutritionally sound in a cost-effective manner.

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Dream Debates

Dream Debates

John Harrington

DTN

DTN Livestock Analyst John Harrington dreams of a presidential debate where the focus is on issues important to livestock producers.

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Coccidiosis.

Coccidiosis.

Bob Larson

Angus Journal

For the previous two months I have written about roundworms and flukes, two types of internal parasites that can hurt cattle health and performance. The final parasitic disease that I am going to focus on is coccidiosis. This disease is caused by a small parasite that invades the cells of the intestinal tract and, if enough intestinal cells are damaged, diarrhea or bloody diarrhea can result.

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CHAPS Data Shows Benefits Of Smart Culling

CHAPS Data Shows Benefits Of Smart Culling

Wes Ishmael

BEEF

This year’s widespread drought on top of last year’s moisture sucker in the Southern Plains has left everything short – from corn to hay to the supply of cattle. Yet, true to their nature, folks in the cattle business can always figure out a different way to skin the proverbial cat.

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Kansas company launching ALA-enhanced ground beef

Kansas company launching ALA-enhanced ground beef

Food Navigator-USA

A Kansas company has taken the next step in omega-3s fortification by developing a way to boost the levels of n-3 fatty acids in beef.

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Let cattle eat cornstalks, save hay for horses, experts advise as winter hay shortage looms

Let cattle eat cornstalks, save hay for horses, experts advise as winter hay shortage looms

Rosemary Parker

Michigan Live

Cows, with their multiple stomachs, can digest all manner of plant material.

Horses need hay, high quality hay.

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Bid on horses, beef cattle at MSU Raymond center

Bid on horses, beef cattle at MSU Raymond center

THE CLINTON NEWS

The highest bidders will take away top-quality horses and beef cattle from the Mississippi State University research herds after a public auction on Nov. 15.

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