Trichomoniasis doesn't make a cow act sick — it just empties her out and stretches your calving season into a mess. Here's…
Clostridial disease kills fast-growing calves on lush June pasture with almost no warning. A cheap vaccine given on time is the only…
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…
Internal parasites don't kill outright, but they quietly skim pounds off yearlings and young cows all summer. Here's how to time deworming…
Summer processing puts vaccine through heat, sunlight, and dirty needles before it ever reaches the calf. Handle it wrong and you paid…
The first real hot spell of summer hits cattle before they've slicked off, and a black-hided cow packing extra flesh feels it…
Summer pasture looks like it has everything a cow needs, but Montana grass runs short on the trace minerals that drive breed-back.…
Trichomoniasis doesn't make a cow look sick — it just quietly kills the pregnancy and hands you a wreck of open cows…
You checked the bulls before turnout, but the breeding season is where they get hurt, worn down, or beat off the cows.…
Horn flies cluster on a cow's back and belly by the thousands, and every bite pulls a little weight and milk off…
Respiratory disease doesn't wait for weaning. Nursing calves two to four months old go down with pneumonia on summer pasture, and on…
Summer grass looks like it has everything a cow needs, but the minerals that drive breeding and calf health run short right…
Bovine trichomoniasis spreads at breeding and shows up as open cows and a strung-out calf crop next spring. A little planning before…
Frothy bloat hits cattle hard when they hit legume-heavy pasture in early summer, and a cow can go from grazing to dead…
Anaplasmosis rides in on ticks, biting flies, and dirty needles, then hides for weeks before it drops your mature cows. June is…
Respiratory disease in nursing calves shows up on green pasture in June and July, long before weaning, and the ones you catch…
A breeding soundness exam in May tells you a bull was good the day the vet looked at him. What happens in…
Modified-live vaccine dies fast in heat and sunlight. Handle it wrong at branding or turnout and you've paid for protection you never…
Horn flies cost you pounds all summer, but hanging tags too early burns them out before the worst of the season. Here's…
A breeding soundness exam catches the shooter bull, the foot problem, and the low-fertility two-year-old before he spends a whole season not…
Internal parasites quietly cost you pounds and open cows all summer. Here's how to time a deworming that actually works, and why…
Foot rot turns up every summer where cattle stand in mud and standing water. Catch the limp early, treat it clean, and…
Turning bulls out in June is the easy part. Keeping enough sound, working bulls on your cows through July is what decides…