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…
Tall larkspur is one of the deadliest plants on Montana's mountain and foothill summer range, and it's most dangerous in early summer…
A breeding soundness exam gets a bull to the pasture gate, but it doesn't tell you what he does once he's out…
Horn flies cost weight and worry cattle all summer, but they run in predictable numbers you can count and control. Here's how…
First cutting quality is set the day you drop the swather, not the day you feed it. Here's the tradeoff between tonnage…
Cool-season grass piles on growth in June faster than a cow can eat it, then slams shut when the heat comes. What…
Pinkeye moves fast through a summer herd, riding on face flies and rough seedheads. Here's how to slow it down before half…
First-calf heifers carry a heavier load than any cow in the herd during summer breeding, and the ones you don't manage separately…
Clostridial disease kills fast-growing calves on lush June pasture with almost no warning. A cheap vaccine given on time is the only…
Mid-June is the window to hit spotted knapweed, leafy spurge, and Canada thistle before they seed. Here's how to time it, what…
Pneumonia isn't just a spring calving-shed problem. Two- to four-month-old calves out on summer grass get it too, and by the time…
Hay put up above 18 to 20 percent moisture keeps working after it leaves the field. Sometimes it just molds and loses…
Internal parasites don't kill outright, but they quietly skim pounds off yearlings and young cows all summer. Here's how to time deworming…
A horse pulled off winter pasture is fat, soft, and out of shape. Bring him back slow before the long gathers start,…
As summer heat pulls down pond levels, dissolved salts and sulfates climb in what's left. High-sulfate stock water can stagger cattle, blind…