Respiratory disease isn't just a feedlot problem. Nursing calves on summer range get pneumonia too, and the ones that survive it come…
Legume-heavy pasture and fast-growing irrigated grass can set cattle up for frothy bloat in June. Here's how it kills so quickly and…
Anaplasmosis quietly builds in a Montana herd through the vector season, and the first sign is often a good, aged cow off…
As ponds and reservoirs shrink through July, dissolved sulfates and salts concentrate in the water your cows have to drink. It's an…
Wet ground around gates, water and salt sets cattle up for foot rot in early summer. Catch the limp early, because a…
Tall larkspur is one of the deadliest plants on Montana mountain range, and early summer is when it's most dangerous. Here's how…
By mid-June the horn fly numbers climb fast on summer pasture. Here's how to knock them back before they cost you pounds…
Pinkeye costs Montana producers weaning weight and doctoring time every summer. Here's how to catch it early, slow the spread, and keep…
A lush, late-growing spring keeps magnesium short in the grass just as older cows are milking hard. Here's how tetany shows up,…
When a dry spring stunts your annual forage, nitrate can build to dangerous levels in the stems. Here's how to spot the…
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.…
Late June heat and still water set up cyanobacteria blooms that turn a good stock pond into a death trap. Here's how…
Cheatgrass is decent feed for a few weeks in June, then it heads out and the seed awns start working their way…
Early-summer heat stacks up faster than cattle can shed it, especially on black hides and in still air. A few changes to…
Trichomoniasis quietly stretches out the calving season and leaves you with open cows nobody can explain. Breeding turnout is the time to…
A cow that comes in three-legged lame with a swollen foot after a wet June has foot rot until proven otherwise. Catch…
Water hemlock is the deadliest plant on most Montana outfits, and it grows right where cattle graze in June — along creeks,…
Anaplasmosis kills mature cattle by the middle of summer, and the ticks and biting flies that move it are already working. Here's…
Horn flies don't kill cattle outright, but a heavy load steals weight gain and milk all summer. Here's how to knock them…
Infectious pinkeye can move through a summer calf herd in a matter of weeks. Here's how to knock down the causes before…
As dugouts and shallow wells drop and concentrate through the summer, sulfate levels climb — and sulfur-induced polio can put good cattle…
Modified-live vaccine dies fast in heat and sunlight. Handle it wrong at branding or turnout and you've paid for protection you never…
Calves on green grass with mothers still milking hard can still come down with pneumonia in June and July. Here's what sets…
Blue-green algae blooms turn a good summer water source into a killer in a day or two. Here's what to watch for…
Frothy bloat on lush legume pasture can drop a healthy cow before you finish morning chores. Here's how to turn cattle onto…