Warm, wet ground and cut-up trails around water set cattle up for foot rot in June. Catching the swelling early and treating…
Thunderstorm season peaks just as cattle hit summer pasture. A little thought about where they shelter — and how you handle a…
Respiratory disease isn't just a fall backgrounding problem. Nursing calves on summer pasture get pneumonia too, and the ones that go down…
A bull that looks sound and breeds cows can still be shooting blanks. A breeding soundness exam before turnout is cheap insurance…
Horn flies show up thick in June and pull blood and gain off cattle all season. A practical look at ear tags,…
Pinkeye moves fast on summer grass, and the calf with a runny eye today can be scarred and lightweight by fall. Here's…
Fast-growing cool-season grass in early summer runs short on magnesium, and a heavy-milking cow can go from grazing to staggering in a…
Blue-green algae blooms fast on warm, still stock ponds in a Montana summer, and the toxin can kill a cow within hours.…
Anaplasmosis hides all summer and then drops a good cow in the fall. Here's how it spreads, why the older cattle die,…
A two-year-old raising her first calf is trying to milk, grow, and breed back all at once. Run her with the mature…
Heat builds slower in cattle than you'd think and takes longer to shed. Knowing how the load stacks up over a few…
Multi-sire pastures sort out their pecking order the hard way in June. Here's how to cut down on wrecks at turnout and…
Frothy bloat can put a healthy cow on her side within an hour of hitting green alfalfa or clover. Here's how it…
Warm, wet June ground is where foot rot gets started, and a cow that goes three-legged lame between dark and daylight didn't…
Respiratory disease doesn't just belong to weaning and the feedlot. Nursing calves on summer pasture get pneumonia too, and the ones you…
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…
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…
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…