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Management Options for Open and Pregnant Cows
Management Options for Open and Pregnant Cows

Making culling decisions sooner rather than later and will help producers hold feed costs down.

How to Handle and Dispose of Sharps and Unused Vaccine Products
How to Handle and Dispose of Sharps and Unused Vaccine Products

Kansas State University beef cattle veterinarians share tips on disposing products, needles and syringes that are a risk to humans.

Divestment plan leads to ownership changes for 11 feedlots
Cattle Chat: How to Promote Good Gut Health

One of the goals of feeding cattle a proper diet that promotes good gut health is to keep the lining of the intestinal tract from getting damaged.

Cattle Chat: Understanding Hardware Disease
Cattle Chat: Understanding Hardware Disease

Cattle sometimes eat objects that they shouldn’t. On a recent Cattle Chat podcast, veterinarians discussed the signs of hardware disease and offered suggestions on ways to manage the incidence.

Begin Planning Drought Management Strategies
Begin Planning Drought Management Strategies

With the low amount of moisture that ranchers have received over the winter, the experts at Kansas State University’s Beef Cattle Institute said now is the time to think about management strategies for a drought.

KSU calves
Invest Time Into Caring For Calves

It is important for cattle producers to take the time to observe newly weaned calves for the early stages of illness.