On big summer country cattle graze the easy ground to dirt and never touch the ridges. Where you set salt, mineral and…
Larkspur kills more cattle on Montana's foothill range than most producers give it credit for. The plant is most toxic before it…
Turning cattle loose on fresh summer country is more than opening a gate. How you unload and settle pairs in the first…
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…
Predator losses on summer grass are hard to prove and harder to prevent, but carcass management, riding the country, and documenting a…
Continuous grazing lets a cow bite the good grass twice and skip the rest. A strand of poly wire and a few…
Winter snowload and spring runoff tear up more fence than cattle ever will. Ride it before you turn out, or spend July…
Tall larkspur is one of the deadliest plants on Montana's mountain and foothill summer range, and it's most dangerous in early summer…
Cool-season grass piles on growth in June faster than a cow can eat it, then slams shut when the heat comes. What…
Grasshoppers hatch along field edges and dry ridges in June, and once they grow wings they spread faster than you can respond.…
Tall larkspur takes healthy cows on foothill and mountain pasture every summer, usually with no warning. Knowing when the plant is most…
Cool-season grass on Montana range does most of its growing in a short window, and cattle left to graze it flat in…
On big summer country, cattle overuse the creek bottoms and swales while good grass on the ridges and back corners never gets…
A summer salt and mineral program does two jobs at once: it covers what the grass is short on, and it pulls…
Tall larkspur greens up early on Montana's foothill range and drops big, healthy cattle without warning. Here's how to read the risk…
Tall larkspur greens up early on Montana foothill range and is most dangerous right through bud and bloom. Here's how to spot…
A spring box, a buried pipeline, or a solar well can turn dead corners of summer pasture into grazed ground. Here's how…
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…
Dry springs and tight soil moisture have a way of reshuffling the weed deck in Montana. In some years, drought can slow…