Late castration is a fact of life on most outfits. Here's how to cut or band the calves you missed without setting…
Anaplasmosis moves on ticks and biting flies through the summer, hits hardest in mature cows, and shows nothing until an animal is…
Water hemlock is the most violently poisonous plant on Montana range, and the danger sits in the root cattle dig out of…
Summer heat stress is easy to miss until a bunch balls up in the corner of a corral and won't take pressure.…
Wet ground around tanks and gates sets cattle up for foot rot in June. Here's how to spot it early, treat it…
As prairie ponds evaporate in the first hot, dry stretch of summer, sulfate concentrates fast — and high-sulfate stock water can cut…
Larkspur kills more cattle on Montana's foothill range than most producers give it credit for. The plant is most toxic before it…
Pinkeye moves fast through a summer herd once the face flies get going. Catching the first weepy calf and knowing what feeds…
A cool, wet spring keeps cool-season grass lush later than usual, and that's exactly the setup that pulls a nursing cow's magnesium…
Warm, still June weather can turn a stock pond toxic in a matter of days. Here's how blue-green algae kills, what to…
Anaplasmosis hits older cows hardest, spreads on biting flies and shared instruments, and doesn't show its hand until late summer. Here's how…
Early-summer heat waves hit Montana cattle before they're acclimated, and the way you handle stock on a hot, humid afternoon can cost…
Turning hungry cows onto wet, fast-growing alfalfa or clover in June can froth them up fast. Here's how bloat kills, and the…
Summer heat kills modified-live vaccine faster than most producers think. Here's how to keep the cold chain intact from the fridge to…
Water hemlock is the deadliest plant on Montana range, and it thrives in exactly the wet ground your cows drift to in…
Warm, wet ground and cut-up trails around water set cattle up for foot rot in June. Catching the swelling early and treating…
Tall larkspur is one of the deadliest plants Montana cattle walk into on early summer range, and the danger runs highest in…
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.…
As summer heat pulls water levels down, sulfates and dissolved solids concentrate in stock ponds and shallow wells. That's the setup for…
Anaplasmosis hides all summer and then drops a good cow in the fall. Here's how it spreads, why the older cattle die,…
Heat builds slower in cattle than you'd think and takes longer to shed. Knowing how the load stacks up over a few…
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…