Alfalfa weevil larvae hit the tender growing tips right before first cutting, and by the time a stand looks silver from the…
Warm, wet June ground is where foot rot gets started, and a cow that goes three-legged lame between dark and daylight didn't…
Water hemlock is the deadliest plant on Montana range, and early summer is exactly when cattle get into it. Here's how to…
On big summer country, cattle camp on water and grind the bottoms to dirt while whole ridges go ungrazed. Salt placement, water…
Respiratory disease doesn't just belong to weaning and the feedlot. Nursing calves on summer pasture get pneumonia too, and the ones you…
Tall larkspur is at its most poisonous on Montana summer range before it flowers, and cattle turned out in June are the…
A breeding soundness exam gets a bull to turnout, but nobody watches him after that. Here's how to catch the bull that's…
Horn flies cost more weight than most ranchers think, and the way you fight them in June decides whether your control still…
In a dry year the range gives you most of its growth by early July. Counting that grass now, before the country…
Trailing cow-calf pairs to summer country in June is where mismothering and dust-borne pneumonia start. Move at the calf's pace, let pairs…
Pinkeye moves fast through a summer calf crop, and by the time you spot the white spot in the eye the fly…
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…