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…
Horn flies quietly cut calf gains and cow condition through the grazing season. Here's how to read the load on your cattle…
Pinkeye moves fast through a summer herd once the face flies get going. Catching the first weepy calf and knowing what feeds…
Anaplasmosis hits older cows hardest, spreads on biting flies and shared instruments, and doesn't show its hand until late summer. Here's how…
Horn flies show up thick in June and pull blood and gain off cattle all season. A practical look at ear tags,…
Pinkeye moves fast on summer grass, and the calf with a runny eye today can be scarred and lightweight by fall. Here's…
Anaplasmosis hides all summer and then drops a good cow in the fall. Here's how it spreads, why the older cattle die,…
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…
Anaplasmosis hits mature cattle hardest, spread by flies, ticks, and blood on shared equipment. Here's how it shows up in summer and…
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…
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…