Body condition at breeding decides more of next year's calf crop than the bull does. Here's how to read your cows in…
Summer heat and daylight break down vaccines faster than most people think. A little care with your cooler, your syringes, and your…
Spotted knapweed and leafy spurge take rangeland one season at a time. June is when the plants show themselves and when herbicide…
Branding's done and the real riding starts. Here's how to keep a saddle horse sound, hydrated, and working through a Montana summer…
Hay put up a little green feeds microbes that cook the middle of a stack, and a tight barn of first cutting…
First-cutting weather in Montana comes in short windows. An afternoon spent going over the swather before it rolls out beats a breakdown…
Fire season starts drier and earlier across much of Montana than a lot of us plan for. A little work in June…
Blue-green algae blooms bloom fast on warm, still stock ponds, and the toxins they throw can drop cattle before you ever see…
Predator losses on summer grass are hard to prove and harder to prevent, but carcass management, riding the country, and documenting a…
Trichomoniasis doesn't make a cow act sick — it just empties her out and stretches your calving season into a mess. Here's…
First-cutting alfalfa carries most of its feed value in the leaves. Rake and bale at the wrong moisture and you leave the…
Summer heat and a nursing calf push a cow's water needs way up, and a tank that looked fine in spring can…
When cheatgrass and foxtail dry down in early summer, the barbed seeds go looking for a soft place to lodge. Here's what…
Summer thunderstorms roll across Montana fast in June and July, and a single strike on the wrong tree or fence line can…
Cattle carry heat differently than people do, and the load builds through the day and doesn't shed until the night cools off.…
Anaplasmosis hits mature cattle hardest, spread by flies, ticks, and blood on shared equipment. Here's how it shows up in summer and…
Grasshopper nymphs show up on ditch banks and pasture margins first. Catch the hatch in June and you have options; wait until…
Trace minerals and phosphorus drive conception, and a summer mineral program the cows ignore costs you calves you won't miss until preg-check.…
Pasture bloat kills fast when cattle hit alfalfa or clover regrowth wet and hungry. Here's what causes the froth, how to spot…
Flood irrigating a hay meadow is mostly about where the water goes and when you shut it off. Get the timing and…
Continuous grazing lets a cow bite the good grass twice and skip the rest. A strand of poly wire and a few…
Foot rot moves fast on wet summer ground. Here's how to spot it early, treat it before it settles into the joint,…
The most poisonous plant on Montana rangeland grows along ditches, creeks, and wet meadows, and it kills fast in early summer when…
Winter snowload and spring runoff tear up more fence than cattle ever will. Ride it before you turn out, or spend July…
Cattle chew the grass around the tank and the gate flat while the back corners go to waste. Where you put salt…