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…
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…