Late castration is a fact of life on most outfits. Here's how to cut or band the calves you missed without setting…
Pinkeye moves fast through a summer herd once the face flies get going. Catching the first weepy calf and knowing what feeds…
Pinkeye moves fast on summer grass, and the calf with a runny eye today can be scarred and lightweight by fall. Here's…
Respiratory disease doesn't just belong to weaning and the feedlot. Nursing calves on summer pasture get pneumonia too, and the ones you…
Pinkeye moves fast through a summer calf crop, and by the time you spot the white spot in the eye the fly…
Pinkeye moves fast through a summer herd, riding on face flies and rough seedheads. Here's how to slow it down before half…
Summer processing puts vaccine through heat, sunlight, and dirty needles before it ever reaches the calf. Handle it wrong and you paid…
Infectious pinkeye spreads fast on tall grass and dusty pastures once face flies get going. Here's how to slow it down and…
Respiratory disease doesn't wait for weaning. Nursing calves two to four months old go down with pneumonia on summer pasture, and on…
Mid-June is when pinkeye starts showing up in Montana calves — a weepy eye, a squint, then a white spot in the…
Pneumonia isn't just a fall weaning problem. It hits unweaned calves on summer pasture, and the ones you notice are usually the…
Pinkeye shows up on Montana grass by midsummer, driven by face flies, dust, and cheatgrass awns. Here's how to knock down the…
Respiratory disease isn't just a feedlot problem. Nursing calves on summer range get pneumonia too, and the ones that survive it come…
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.…
Coyotes, wolves, and grizzlies all take calves on Montana summer range. A few management calls made in June do more to hold…
Infectious pinkeye can move through a summer calf herd in a matter of weeks. Here's how to knock down the causes before…
Calves on green grass with mothers still milking hard can still come down with pneumonia in June and July. Here's what sets…
Pinkeye costs you weaning weight and calves you can't sell right, and it moves through a herd faster than most people expect.…
Growth implants are one of the lowest-cost tools in the calf business, but plenty of Montana producers skip them or place them…
Bronchopneumonia in two- to four-month-old nursing calves shows up in the dog days, often after a cold rain or a long dusty…
Face flies, dust, and tall seedheads make early summer prime time for pinkeye in Montana cattle. Here's how to catch it early…
Pneumonia in calves still on the cow catches a lot of Montana producers off guard in midsummer. Here's what triggers it and…