Source: Zoetis news release
It's never too early to think about a calf's respiratory health. The steps producers take this spring with young calves not only help protect them through grazing season, but can help prepare the calves for a...
Bull selection is a key decision for cow-calf producers that will have implications for both short- and long-term profitability. A bull represents half of your herd’s genetics and will sire calves to be marketed or represent the future of...
Source: Zoetis news release
Parsippany, NJ and Amest, IA - Precision animal health technology brings data insights together to help cattle producers make earlier, more informed decisions to help keep animals healthy and productive. The newest tools from Zoetis -...
Source: University of Illinois news release
Animal scientist Dan Shike worked with a research team to evaluate drylot systems as an alternative to pasture for beef cows and calves.
Beef producers in the upper Midwest know grazing land is in short...
Source: Beef Cattle Research Council, www.BeefResearch.ca
Ensuring newborn calves consume colostrum is one of the most important management strategies cow-calf operations can implement to promote healthy calves. Colostrum provides essential antibodies (like Immunoglobulin G or IgG) to a calf with virtually...
Source: National Farm Animal Care Council, Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Beef Cattle Section 4.2.1
Colostrum has an important influence on the health and welfare of calves. The newborn calf is born with no maternal antibodies and...
Source: Boehringer Ingelheim
Calf scours, or neonatal calf diarrhea, is a common source of sickness and death in calves under a month of age. Affected calves can fall behind in performance and never catch up, so early intervention, correction of...
Source: Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives
Introduction
Building a good electric fence is like anything else, you get out what you put in. If you use the proper equipment and maintain the fence the result will be a permanent structure just...
Source: National Farm Animal Care Council, Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Beef Cattle Section 1.3
Beef cows typically calve outside. If calving occurs during periods of extremely cold weather, sheltered, bedded calving areas (natural or constructed)...
Source: Beef Cattle Research Council, www.BeefResearch.ca
Winter feed is the largest year-over-year variable cost faced by producers. A cow-calf operation feeding a predominantly purchased hay ration to 100 head for 180 days could pay $50,000 a year for winter feed. A 350-head herd fed for 150 days can cost over $150,000 a...
