Baxter Black, DVM: Dean’s Driving School
Dean was in his eighties and still drove his pickup. This concerned his best friend Jack, who questioned the wisdom of riding with him.
Baxter Black, DVM: Dean’s Driving School
Dean was in his eighties and still drove his pickup. This concerned his best friend Jack, who questioned the wisdom of riding with him.
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When vaccinating your herd, start with a plan
Farm and Ranch Guide
The transition from autumn to winter is a busy time, regardless of your calving season. Spring calvers wrap up weaning or fine-tune their preconditioning programs while getting cows ready for 2016. Fall calvers wrap up that season and prepare for breeding, traditionally signaled by Thanksgiving for those willing to start calving in late August. That holiday week is also when many fall-born calves get processed for the first time because cows are gathered for pre-breeding vaccines.
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Minerals to Cows
Dr. Ken McMillan
DTN/The Progressive Farmer
The amount of minerals in forages varies tremendously over the year. Lower levels and availability of calcium and magnesium in lush spring grasses, combined with a cow’s peak need for calcium and magnesium, may mean an increase in cases of milk fever (low calcium), grass tetany (low magnesium) or a combination of both (what I call lactation tetany).
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Use these best management practices for keeping livestock vaccines viable
Beef Producer
According to South Dakota State University’s Extension Dairy Field Specialist Tracey Erickson, livestock vaccines provide protective immunity approximately 21 days following the initial vaccination in the majority of animals. Some livestock vaccines may require a booster vaccination(s) to ensure immunity for the period designated by the manufacturer.
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Farm Management School Teaches Small, Beginning Producers Farm Finances
Tracey Turner
The Ohio State University
Producers new to farming or those who operate small farms and ranches can learn how to create a business plan and develop a balance sheet from farm management experts with the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences at The Ohio State University.
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World’s Biggest Animal Cloning Center Set for ’16 in a Skeptical China
Owen Guo
New York Times
The cloning center will eventually churn out up to a million beef cattle embryos a year, as well as sniffer dogs, racehorses and other animals, its backers say.
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Cancer-causing cattle disease increasing across Canada
Ashley Robinson
Western Producer
Infection rates for bovine leukosis, which can cause cancer in cattle, are growing. “(Producers) should be worried, and they should do something about it because, as I said, the prevalence is high,” said Omid Nekouei, a PhD candidate of veterinary epidemiology at the Atlantic Veterinary College.
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3 things young beef producers need: patience, persistence & passion
Amanda Radke
BEEF
Troy Marshall, BEEF columnist from Colorado, recently wrote about how fiercely competitive the cattle business is and the challenges and opportunity available for young people today that didn’t exist a generation ago.
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Thank God for Second Chances
Dr. Gary Bates
University of Tennessee
As I look outside, I see the leaves fall. I see the wheat cover crop growing on the garden. It makes me think about how, next year, the trees will put out new leaves and I will put out another garden. Next spring will be like a new year. Regardless of how bad my garden looked, I have another chance to try and get it right.
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