On big summer country, death loss shows up as an empty spot in the fall count. A hard count at turnout, steady…
Water hemlock is the most violently poisonous plant on Montana range, and the danger sits in the root cattle dig out of…
Bloat comes fast on wet clover and alfalfa in June, and the cow you find dead at daylight was fine at dark.…
June grass grows faster than a set of pairs can graze it. A little temporary electric fence, moved on a schedule, turns…
June is the window to knock back leafy spurge, spotted knapweed and the other noxious weeds cheating your grass out of a…
Turning hungry cows onto wet, fast-growing alfalfa or clover in June can froth them up fast. Here's how bloat kills, and the…
Leafy spurge and spotted knapweed hit a treatable stage in June. Miss the window on your rangeland and the infestation spreads faster…
Temporary electric fence is the cheapest way to stretch summer grass on a Montana ranch. Here's how to build it so it…
Summer range fence takes a beating from snow, elk, and runoff, and the weak spot you drive past in June is the…
June high water pulls apart the very fence you're counting on to hold pairs on summer grass. Ride it before you turn…
On big summer country, cattle camp on water and grind the bottoms to dirt while whole ridges go ungrazed. Salt placement, water…
In a dry year the range gives you most of its growth by early July. Counting that grass now, before the country…
Trailing cow-calf pairs to summer country in June is where mismothering and dust-borne pneumonia start. Move at the calf's pace, let pairs…
Pasture bloat kills fast when cattle hit alfalfa or clover regrowth wet and hungry. Here's what causes the froth, how to spot…
Continuous grazing lets a cow bite the good grass twice and skip the rest. A strand of poly wire and a few…
Cool-season grass piles on growth in June faster than a cow can eat it, then slams shut when the heat comes. What…
Mid-June is the window to hit spotted knapweed, leafy spurge, and Canada thistle before they seed. Here's how to time it, what…
Pneumonia isn't just a spring calving-shed problem. Two- to four-month-old calves out on summer grass get it too, and by the time…
Frothy bloat on lush clover and alfalfa regrowth can kill a healthy cow in an hour. Here's how it happens and what…
Cows graze the bottoms bare while good grass sits untouched on the high ground. Where you put salt, mineral, and rubbing spots…
When rain quits and cereal forage sits stunted in the field, nitrates pile up in the bottom of the stalk. Here's how…
Noxious weeds like spotted knapweed and leafy spurge move fast on thin, overgrazed range. Hitting them in June — before they flower…
Cattle on summer range will hammer the water and the bottoms and leave the ridges untouched. Moving salt and mineral is the…
Early summer is when cool-season grasses put on most of their growth. Push cattle across it too hard now and you're borrowing…
Leafy spurge and spotted knapweed take rangeland one patch at a time. Mid-June, when the spurge flushes yellow and the knapweed bolts,…