Clostridial disease kills fast-growing calves on lush June pasture with almost no warning. A cheap vaccine given on time is the only…
Internal parasites don't kill outright, but they quietly skim pounds off yearlings and young cows all summer. Here's how to time deworming…
A horse pulled off winter pasture is fat, soft, and out of shape. Bring him back slow before the long gathers start,…
As summer heat pulls down pond levels, dissolved salts and sulfates climb in what's left. High-sulfate stock water can stagger cattle, blind…
Stagnant summer stock ponds can grow a toxic cyanobacteria bloom in a matter of days, and cattle that drink from the downwind…
Predator losses climb once cattle scatter onto big country and forest allotments. Finding the kill is half the job; documenting it before…
The first real hot spell of summer hits cattle before they've slicked off, and a black-hided cow packing extra flesh feels it…
A blood parasite spread by ticks and biting flies hits your older cows hardest, and by the time one lags behind the…
A bull looks fine walking the pasture after a heat wave, but a stretch of hot, still days can drop his semen…
Summer pasture looks like it has everything a cow needs, but Montana grass runs short on the trace minerals that drive breed-back.…
Foot rot shows up fast on summer grass, almost always in one foot, and it spreads from the wet, churned-up ground cattle…
Body condition at breeding decides which cows cycle and which ones don't. In mid-June you still have a little time to sort…
June high water wrecks fence at every creek crossing and low draw. Ride the line and rebuild the water gaps now, before…
Larkspur is one of the surefire killers on Montana's foothill and mountain ranges, and cattle die from it fastest right when you…
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…
Early-summer grass grows fast and tempts you to sit in one pasture. Push it too hard now and the regrowth stalls, leaving…
Prairie rattlesnakes come out of the rocks in June, and a cow or horse grazing head-down is an easy target. Here's what…
Blackleg drops thrifty, fast-growing calves on lush summer pasture, usually with no warning. A clostridial vaccine at spring works is the only…
When ponds warm up and drop in the June and July heat, cyanobacteria can bloom into a toxic scum that kills cattle…
Turning cattle out to summer range in bear and wolf country means more than dropping the gate. A little riding, some record-keeping,…
In a dry summer the stock water gets more concentrated as it evaporates, and rising sulfates and total dissolved solids pull down…
Heat stress builds through the afternoon and only lets go overnight. When a run of hot days doesn't cool down after dark,…
Grasshoppers hatch along field edges and dry ridges in June, and once they grow wings they spread faster than you can respond.…
Spread by ticks, biting flies, and dirty needles, anaplasmosis can smolder through a herd all summer before you notice the anemia. Here's…