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,…
Cool-season grass on Montana range does most of its growing in a short window, and cattle left to graze it flat in…
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…
Deciding when and what to sell before summer turns dry keeps you in control of the market instead of the other way…
Winter snowload, elk, and spring runoff leave gaps in the summer fence that cattle find fast. A few days of riding wire…
A lush, late-growing spring keeps magnesium short in the grass just as older cows are milking hard. Here's how tetany shows up,…
Coyotes, wolves, and grizzlies all take calves on Montana summer range. A few management calls made in June do more to hold…
Cheatgrass is decent feed for a few weeks in June, then it heads out and the seed awns start working their way…
Grasshopper outbreaks build in the dry corners of Montana rangeland every summer, and the window to do something about it closes fast.…
Mid-June is prime time to hit Montana's worst pasture weeds while the chemical still moves into the roots. Wait until seed set…
A single strand of poly wire and a few step-in posts can turn a season-long pasture into two or three grazing periods.…
Cattle hammer the bottoms and leave the ridges untouched. Here's how to spread them out with salt, water, and a little riding…
Waiting until the pasture is chewed to the dirt to cut cow numbers costs you twice. Here's how to set a drought…
Turning cattle onto green alfalfa or clover when grass is rank and wet can kill an animal before noon. Here's how frothy…
Cool-season grass on Montana range hits its hardest growth in June, and how you move cattle through it now sets up the…