Turnout isn't the finish line on bull management. Bulls get hurt, get whipped, and quit settling cows in the middle of the…
Early-summer heat waves hit Montana cattle before they're acclimated, and the way you handle stock on a hot, humid afternoon can cost…
Trichomoniasis is a venereal disease that quietly wrecks a calf crop. It spreads through breeding bulls, and by the time you see…
Grasshoppers are easiest and cheapest to kill in June while they're small, wingless, and bunched in the ditches and field edges where…
Turning hungry cows onto wet, fast-growing alfalfa or clover in June can froth them up fast. Here's how bloat kills, and the…
Clostridial disease drops the fastest-growing calves in the herd with almost no warning. Here's how blackleg works, why it hits when it…
Summer heat kills modified-live vaccine faster than most producers think. Here's how to keep the cold chain intact from the fridge to…
Water hemlock is the deadliest plant on Montana range, and it thrives in exactly the wet ground your cows drift to in…
Warm, wet ground and cut-up trails around water set cattle up for foot rot in June. Catching the swelling early and treating…
Bears and wolves follow their nose to easy meat. How you handle a dead cow on summer range in June sets up…
Thunderstorm season peaks just as cattle hit summer pasture. A little thought about where they shelter — and how you handle a…
Respiratory disease isn't just a fall backgrounding problem. Nursing calves on summer pasture get pneumonia too, and the ones that go down…
Tall larkspur is one of the deadliest plants Montana cattle walk into on early summer range, and the danger runs highest in…
A bull that looks sound and breeds cows can still be shooting blanks. A breeding soundness exam before turnout is cheap insurance…
Horn flies show up thick in June and pull blood and gain off cattle all season. A practical look at ear tags,…
The broke-mouth and bad-bag cows you meant to ship last fall are grazing summer country right now. Sorting them off in June,…
Waiting for alfalfa to bloom before first cutting trades leaf and protein for tonnage of stem. Here's how to read the field…
Pinkeye moves fast on summer grass, and the calf with a runny eye today can be scarred and lightweight by fall. Here's…
Good grass a mile from water might as well be on the moon. Here's how to get your springs, wells, and stock…
Fast-growing cool-season grass in early summer runs short on magnesium, and a heavy-milking cow can go from grazing to staggering in a…
Leafy spurge and spotted knapweed hit a treatable stage in June. Miss the window on your rangeland and the infestation spreads faster…
Branding's over and the horses have earned a break they aren't getting. A look at feet, saddle sores, water, and feed for…
Hay put up above safe moisture keeps working long after you leave the field. Here's how to read moisture, check a heating…
First-cutting hay waits for nobody in Montana. A half day spent on knives, guards, bearings and belts now saves you the breakdown…
Temporary electric fence is the cheapest way to stretch summer grass on a Montana ranch. Here's how to build it so it…