Respiratory disease isn't just a fall backgrounding problem. Nursing calves on summer pasture get pneumonia too, and the ones that go down…
Tall larkspur is one of the deadliest plants Montana cattle walk into on early summer range, and the danger runs highest in…
Horn flies show up thick in June and pull blood and gain off cattle all season. A practical look at ear tags,…
The broke-mouth and bad-bag cows you meant to ship last fall are grazing summer country right now. Sorting them off in June,…
Pinkeye moves fast on summer grass, and the calf with a runny eye today can be scarred and lightweight by fall. Here's…
Good grass a mile from water might as well be on the moon. Here's how to get your springs, wells, and stock…
Fast-growing cool-season grass in early summer runs short on magnesium, and a heavy-milking cow can go from grazing to staggering in a…
Blue-green algae blooms fast on warm, still stock ponds in a Montana summer, and the toxin can kill a cow within hours.…
Green June grass fools cattle into skipping the mineral feeder, and the shortfall in phosphorus, copper and other trace minerals builds quietly…
As summer heat pulls water levels down, sulfates and dissolved solids concentrate in stock ponds and shallow wells. That's the setup for…
Anaplasmosis hides all summer and then drops a good cow in the fall. Here's how it spreads, why the older cattle die,…
A two-year-old raising her first calf is trying to milk, grow, and breed back all at once. Run her with the mature…
Heat builds slower in cattle than you'd think and takes longer to shed. Knowing how the load stacks up over a few…
Rangeland grasshoppers are easiest and cheapest to stop when they're small, wingless nymphs in early summer. Scout margins and field edges in…
Frothy bloat can put a healthy cow on her side within an hour of hitting green alfalfa or clover. Here's how it…
Warm, wet June ground is where foot rot gets started, and a cow that goes three-legged lame between dark and daylight didn't…
Water hemlock is the deadliest plant on Montana range, and early summer is exactly when cattle get into it. Here's how to…
Tall larkspur is at its most poisonous on Montana summer range before it flowers, and cattle turned out in June are the…
Horn flies cost more weight than most ranchers think, and the way you fight them in June decides whether your control still…
Pinkeye moves fast through a summer calf crop, and by the time you spot the white spot in the eye the fly…
Body condition at breeding decides more of next year's calf crop than the bull does. Here's how to read your cows in…
Blue-green algae blooms bloom fast on warm, still stock ponds, and the toxins they throw can drop cattle before you ever see…
Predator losses on summer grass are hard to prove and harder to prevent, but carcass management, riding the country, and documenting a…
Summer heat and a nursing calf push a cow's water needs way up, and a tank that looked fine in spring can…
When cheatgrass and foxtail dry down in early summer, the barbed seeds go looking for a soft place to lodge. Here's what…