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…
Trichomoniasis doesn't make a cow act sick — it just empties her out and stretches your calving season into a mess. Here's…
When cheatgrass and foxtail dry down in early summer, the barbed seeds go looking for a soft place to lodge. Here's what…
Anaplasmosis hits mature cattle hardest, spread by flies, ticks, and blood on shared equipment. Here's how it shows up in summer and…
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…
Foot rot moves fast on wet summer ground. Here's how to spot it early, treat it before it settles into the joint,…
Horn flies cost weight and worry cattle all summer, but they run in predictable numbers you can count and control. Here's how…
Pinkeye moves fast through a summer herd, riding on face flies and rough seedheads. Here's how to slow it down before half…
Clostridial disease kills fast-growing calves on lush June pasture with almost no warning. A cheap vaccine given on time is the only…
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…
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 bull looks fine walking the pasture after a heat wave, but a stretch of hot, still days can drop his semen…
Frothy bloat on lush clover and alfalfa regrowth can kill a healthy cow in an hour. Here's how it happens and what…
Summer pasture looks like it has everything a cow needs, but Montana grass runs short on the trace minerals that drive breed-back.…
Foot rot shows up fast on summer grass, almost always in one foot, and it spreads from the wet, churned-up ground cattle…
Body condition at breeding decides which cows cycle and which ones don't. In mid-June you still have a little time to sort…
Trichomoniasis doesn't make a cow look sick — it just quietly kills the pregnancy and hands you a wreck of open cows…
Horn flies cluster on a cow's back and belly by the thousands, and every bite pulls a little weight and milk off…
Infectious pinkeye spreads fast on tall grass and dusty pastures once face flies get going. Here's how to slow it down and…
Prairie rattlesnakes come out of the rocks in June, and a cow or horse grazing head-down is an easy target. Here's what…
Blackleg drops thrifty, fast-growing calves on lush summer pasture, usually with no warning. A clostridial vaccine at spring works is the only…
Respiratory disease doesn't wait for weaning. Nursing calves two to four months old go down with pneumonia on summer pasture, and on…
Setting a defined breeding season and pulling the bull on a schedule tightens your calving window and tells you months ahead which…