Late castration is a fact of life on most outfits. Here's how to cut or band the calves you missed without setting…
Summer mineral isn't a box to check at turnout. Consumption, placement, and getting phosphorus and trace minerals right during breeding decide how…
On big summer country, death loss shows up as an empty spot in the fall count. A hard count at turnout, steady…
Anaplasmosis moves on ticks and biting flies through the summer, hits hardest in mature cows, and shows nothing until an animal is…
On big summer country cattle graze the easy ground to dirt and never touch the ridges. Where you set salt, mineral and…
Water hemlock is the most violently poisonous plant on Montana range, and the danger sits in the root cattle dig out of…
A bull can pass a breeding soundness exam in May and still stop settling cows by the Fourth of July. Riding through…
Summer heat stress is easy to miss until a bunch balls up in the corner of a corral and won't take pressure.…
Modified-live vaccines are fragile biology, not fence staples. How you mix, cool, and handle them in a June chute decides whether the…
Grasshoppers hatch on the edges of Montana rangeland in early summer, and the window to treat them cheaply is short. Here's how…
Bloat comes fast on wet clover and alfalfa in June, and the cow you find dead at daylight was fine at dark.…
Culls you find at branding are worth more in early summer than they will be in the October crush. Sorting and marketing…
June grass grows faster than a set of pairs can graze it. A little temporary electric fence, moved on a schedule, turns…
Replacement heifers that calve first and rebreed early stay in the herd. The way you set up their breeding in June decides…
Wet ground around tanks and gates sets cattle up for foot rot in June. Here's how to spot it early, treat it…
As prairie ponds evaporate in the first hot, dry stretch of summer, sulfate concentrates fast — and high-sulfate stock water can cut…
Bull power isn't about how mean he looks in the pasture. A breeding soundness exam and an honest cow-to-bull ratio decide how…
June runoff is when flood-irrigated hay meadows get made or wasted. Timing when you pull the water decides whether you cut dry…
Larkspur kills more cattle on Montana's foothill range than most producers give it credit for. The plant is most toxic before it…
Branding's over, but the summer riding is just starting. A rundown on keeping ranch horses sound, cool, and watered through the long…
Horn flies quietly cut calf gains and cow condition through the grazing season. Here's how to read the load on your cattle…
First-cutting yield keeps climbing while the feed value drops every day the crop stands. Here's how to read maturity, weather, and stubble…
Turning cattle loose on fresh summer country is more than opening a gate. How you unload and settle pairs in the first…
Pinkeye moves fast through a summer herd once the face flies get going. Catching the first weepy calf and knowing what feeds…
Summer water systems fail when demand peaks, not when it's easy. A June walk-through of wells, pipelines, floats and tanks buys you…