Cattle carry heat differently than people do, and the load builds through the day and doesn't shed until the night cools off.…
Anaplasmosis hits mature cattle hardest, spread by flies, ticks, and blood on shared equipment. Here's how it shows up in summer and…
Grasshopper nymphs show up on ditch banks and pasture margins first. Catch the hatch in June and you have options; wait until…
Foot rot moves fast on wet summer ground. Here's how to spot it early, treat it before it settles into the joint,…
The most poisonous plant on Montana rangeland grows along ditches, creeks, and wet meadows, and it kills fast in early summer when…
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…
Horn flies cost weight and worry cattle all summer, but they run in predictable numbers you can count and control. Here's how…
Pinkeye moves fast through a summer herd, riding on face flies and rough seedheads. Here's how to slow it down before half…
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…