Tall larkspur is one of the deadliest plants on Montana mountain range, and early summer is when it's most dangerous. Here's how…
Replacement heifers set the tone for your whole calving season. Get them to breeding weight, turn the bull in ahead of the…
You turned the bulls out and the branding's done, but a bull that goes lame or gets whipped in the first three…
Mountain runoff peaks and drops fast in a Montana June. Spreading flood water evenly across a wild-hay meadow now decides how much…
By mid-June the horn fly numbers climb fast on summer pasture. Here's how to knock them back before they cost you pounds…
Pinkeye costs Montana producers weaning weight and doctoring time every summer. Here's how to catch it early, slow the spread, and keep…
Once the branding runs are over, the good ranch geldings go out on green grass and stand around getting fat. That's exactly…
Winter snowload, elk, and spring runoff leave gaps in the summer fence that cattle find fast. A few days of riding wire…
Stock water fails on the worst possible afternoon. A June check of tanks, floats, pipelines and solar pumps is cheaper than hauling…
Noxious weeds hit their most vulnerable window in June and early July. Hit spurge and knapweed at flowering with the right chemical…
Summer lightning kills more range cattle than most producers expect, and the losses come in bunches. Here's what raises the odds and…
A lush, late-growing spring keeps magnesium short in the grass just as older cows are milking hard. Here's how tetany shows up,…
When a dry spring stunts your annual forage, nitrate can build to dangerous levels in the stems. Here's how to spot the…
On big summer country, cattle bunch in the bottoms and leave half the pasture standing. Salt placement, water, and a little riding…
First cutting waits on nobody. A weekend spent servicing the swather, baler, and rake before you drop the sickle keeps a good…
Modified-live vaccines quit working long before you'd guess, and heat, sunlight, and dirty needles undo the whole day's work at the chute.…
Hay put up above safe moisture keeps heating in the stack long after you've left the field, and by July it can…
Coyotes, wolves, and grizzlies all take calves on Montana summer range. A few management calls made in June do more to hold…
Late June heat and still water set up cyanobacteria blooms that turn a good stock pond into a death trap. Here's how…
Respiratory disease in nursing calves shows up on green pasture in June and July, long before weaning, and the ones you catch…
Cheatgrass is decent feed for a few weeks in June, then it heads out and the seed awns start working their way…
Waiting for the swather to fill the windrow buys you bulk, but the protein and energy are already walking out of the…
Turn pairs out on a big allotment and they'll pile into the creek bottoms and shade unless you set them up to…
Grasshopper outbreaks build in the dry corners of Montana rangeland every summer, and the window to do something about it closes fast.…
Early-summer heat stacks up faster than cattle can shed it, especially on black hides and in still air. A few changes to…