A blood parasite spread by ticks and biting flies hits your older cows hardest, and by the time one lags behind the…
Horn flies cluster on a cow's back and belly by the thousands, and every bite pulls a little weight and milk off…
Infectious pinkeye spreads fast on tall grass and dusty pastures once face flies get going. Here's how to slow it down and…
Spread by ticks, biting flies, and dirty needles, anaplasmosis can smolder through a herd all summer before you notice the anemia. Here's…
Castrating and dehorning older calves in hot, fly-heavy weather invites infection and fly strike. A few changes to timing and technique keep…
Horn flies live on the animal and feed on blood dozens of times a day. Left alone through a Montana summer, they…
Mid-June is when pinkeye starts showing up in Montana calves — a weepy eye, a squint, then a white spot in the…
Anaplasmosis rides in on ticks, biting flies, and dirty needles, then hides for weeks before it drops your mature cows. June is…
Horn flies cluster on the backs and bellies of grazing cattle, feeding on blood dozens of times a day. Get control going…
Pinkeye shows up on Montana grass by midsummer, driven by face flies, dust, and cheatgrass awns. Here's how to knock down the…
Anaplasmosis quietly builds in a Montana herd through the vector season, and the first sign is often a good, aged cow off…
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…
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…
The biting flies and ticks working your cows right now spread a blood disease that quietly builds all summer and drops mature…
Horn flies cost you pounds all summer, but hanging tags too early burns them out before the worst of the season. Here's…
Pinkeye costs you weaning weight and calves you can't sell right, and it moves through a herd faster than most people expect.…
Horn flies cost weight gain and spread disease all summer. Here's how to knock them down and keep them down without burning…
Face flies, dust, and tall seedheads make early summer prime time for pinkeye in Montana cattle. Here's how to catch it early…
As flies and ticks ramp up across Montana, anaplasmosis quietly works through mature cattle. Here's how the disease moves, what to watch…
Pinkeye costs Montana cattle producers weight gain, dollars, and time every summer. Here's how to cut the fly pressure, irritants, and infection…