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Facility Focus: 4 Tips to Manage Ventilation During the Off-Season
Facility Focus: 4 Tips to Manage Ventilation During the Off-Season

Keeping cows, calves and employees comfortable during the winter months is a balancing act. However finding the right combination between keeping animals warm while also providing adequate air exchange is essential.

The Best Livestock-Themed Christmas Trees Full of Memories and Meaning
The Best Livestock-Themed Christmas Trees Full of Memories and Meaning

One of the things I love most about Christmas trees is the power they evoke to simply remember. Here are some special livestock-themed Christmas trees filled with memories to last a lifetime. 

Johne’s Disease: What You Need to Know
Johne’s Disease: What You Need to Know

Johne’s disease is gaining greater attention among beef cattle producers and veterinarians who work with beef cattle. Here's an in-depth look into the disease and how to best avoid it.

Industry Surveys Gauge Sentiment of Angus Genetics
Industry Surveys Gauge Sentiment of Angus Genetics

Angus Media, CattleFax survey producers to gather insights on current management, future intentions of cow-calf and feedlot sectors.

Brazil Supreme Court Suspends $2 billion JBS Fine
Brazil Supreme Court Suspends $2 billion JBS Fine

JBS parent company J&F Investments has paid about 28% of the fine levied against the giant meatpacker in 2017 over a political bribery scandal.

Veterinarian Reviews Steps for Cattle Producers Before and After Calving
Veterinarian Reviews Steps for Cattle Producers Before and After Calving

Being prepared ahead of calving season is the best way for producers to assure they will bring home the newborn calves successfully.

Four Strategies to Help Cows Conquer Cold
Four Strategies to Help Cows Conquer Cold

These 4 management tips can help you keep cows productive through cold conditions.

Anaplasmosis: An Ongoing Battle
Anaplasmosis: An Ongoing Battle

With limited options to address the disease, pharmaceutical stewardship must be considered when using antimicrobials in the treatment and control of anaplasmosis to maintain long term effectiveness of these products.

Prevent Quitting: Keep Employees Top of Mind in 2024
Prevent Quitting: Keep Employees Top of Mind in 2024

These 10 steps can help keep your employees from walking away.

Five Ways to Help Yourself in Difficult Times
Five Ways to Help Yourself in Difficult Times

Not everyone is full of joy during the holiday season. For some people, this is a very challenging time. Here are some ideas to help you unload the stress this season often brings with it.

The Sweet Spot for Oral Calcium Supplementation
The Sweet Spot for Oral Calcium Supplementation

Is the blanket approach of giving calcium boluses to every fresh cow really the best route to prevent milk fever?

Debunking Production-Fertility Myths
Debunking Production-Fertility Myths

Despite the myths, you can have both high production and high fertility.

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What Are the Benefits of Compensatory Feedlot Gains Following Grazing?

New research at Oklahoma State University is adding to our understanding of stocker cattle nutrition programs and its affect on finishing performance.

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Tips To Successfully Control Cattle Lice

Proper timing, product dosage and application are key for combating lice and keeping cattle productive.

FDA Grants Approval for Replacement Heifer Starter Enhancements
FDA Grants Approval for Replacement Heifer Starter Enhancements

A popular combination of enhancements in calf starter rations has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for replacement heifers.

 House Passes Bill to Preserve Veterinary Use of Xylazine 
House Passes Bill to Preserve Veterinary Use of Xylazine 

 The House of Representatives passed the Support for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act on Tuesday. It will help fight illicit use of the product in humans while preserving access to the drug for animals.

Genetic Focus on Improving Beef Sustainability
Genetic Focus on Improving Beef Sustainability

New selection traits are being developed to reduce maintenance energy requirements, increase feed efficiency and decrease methane emissions.

Trust In Beef™ Deepens Expertise With New Partners
Trust In Beef™ Deepens Expertise With New Partners

Ducks Unlimited and ABS Global further the program’s capabilities to support ranchers in enacting climate-smart change with technical assistance and genetic innovation.

Grants Seek to Address Liver Abscess Formation in Cattle
Grants Seek to Address Liver Abscess Formation in Cattle

Four grants have been awarded by ICASA totaling roughly $1.15 million to identify why liver abscesses occur and develop diagnostic tools to enable informed decision-making to treat the condition.

Dairy Heifer Supply Tightens
Dairy Heifer Supply Tightens

Heifer availability has tightened, and prices have increased substantially. One reason is the interest that has developed in beef-on-dairy calves.

Calf Microbial Supplements: Sorting out the “Pre,” the “Pro,” and the “Post”
Calf Microbial Supplements: Sorting out the “Pre,” the “Pro,” and the “Post”

In both human and veterinary medicine, we’re hearing more about the benefits of gut supplements to support health, performance, and well-being.

Dr. Del Miles Receives Cattle Feeders Hall of Fame Industry Leadership Award
Dr. Del Miles Receives Cattle Feeders Hall of Fame Industry Leadership Award

With more than 30 years in feedyard medicine and consulting, Miles is known in the beef industry for innovation, advocacy and applying scientific methods to evaluate, adopt and monitor products and practices.

Cow Herd Report Card II. Measures of Performance
Cow Herd Report Card II. Measures of Performance

To optimize performance and production, ranchers must understand the factors that impact post-partum interval length (PPI), the time from calving until the cow resumes a fertile estrous cycle.

Dairy and Beef: A Merger of Many Merits
Dairy and Beef: A Merger of Many Merits

Beef cross calves are currently generating healthy profits for dairies. They also are a welcome addition to the beef supply chain, according to Dr. Zeb Gray, Beef Technical Feedlot Specialist with Diamond V.

Darigold Appoints New Interim Chief Executive Officer
Darigold Appoints New Interim Chief Executive Officer

Darigold, Inc. announced that Chief Executive Officer, Joe Coote, is leaving the company, and the Board Chairman, Allan Huttema, has been named the interim CEO, effective immediately. 

Internal Teat Sealants Protect Cows
Internal Teat Sealants Protect Cows

Most cows form a keratin plug that seals off the teat canal to prevent the entry of mastitis-causing pathogens. But it often doesn’t happen soon enough in today’s high-producing animals.

Abomassal Bloat In Young Dairy Calves
Abomassal Bloat In Young Dairy Calves

Disruptions to the normal flow of milk through the abomasum can cause an overgrowth of the bacteria Clostridium perfringens type A.

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Body Condition Score Still Important for Reproduction

Timed A.I. protocols have become so good that farmers, veterinarians and dairy reproductive specialists know they work. The temptation, though, is to tweak those protocols if reproductive performance falls short.

Winter Cow Syndrome: What You Need to Know
Winter Cow Syndrome: What You Need to Know

Some individual cows or groups of cows experience significant decline in body weight and condition over the winter known as “winter cow syndrome.” The best strategy of prevention is twofold.

 Three Common Categories of Pregnancy Losses in Beef Cattle
Three Common Categories of Pregnancy Losses in Beef Cattle

“Although pregnancy losses in beef cattle are a fact of life, late-term losses are likely the most discouraging,” says Gerald Stokka, NDSU Extension veterinarian and livestock stewardship specialist.

Kansas Livestock Association Approves Policy to Support Veterinary Training Program
Kansas Livestock Association Approves Policy to Support Veterinary Training Program

With the demand for services being significantly greater than the number of rural veterinarians currently available, KLA approved a new resolution supporting the continuation of and increased funding for the program.

The Truth About mRNA Vaccines in the Animal Health Industry
The Truth About mRNA Vaccines in the Animal Health Industry

The animal health industry continues to face challenges of new and emerging diseases as well as improvements in current commercial vaccines. Here are 5 things Mike Roof wants you to know about mRNA vaccines.

Elanco Animal Health Shares Updates On Cattle Implant Portfolio
Elanco Animal Health Shares Updates On Cattle Implant Portfolio

Elanco has updated its Component line of cattle implants to comply with new CVM regulations. To help ease this transition, Elanco is outlining the changes to its cattle implant portfolio.

What to Know About Feeding Road Ditch Hay to Cows
What to Know About Feeding Road Ditch Hay to Cows

Road ditch hay can provide needed forage. With a few precautions and a forage analysis, it can help you meet your cow’s nutrient requirements this winter.

Simple And Sustainable: Feeding Dairy Cows This One Ingredient Could Reduce Methane Emissions By Up To Half
Simple And Sustainable: Feeding Dairy Cows This One Ingredient Could Reduce Methane Emissions By Up To Half

As global dairy companies set a new goal to trace and reduce emissions, U.S. dairy researchers say feeding a small amount of red seaweed may be the secret to cutting methane emissions from dairy cattle by up to half.

Don’t Let Cold Weather Freeze Cattle Performance This Winter 
Don’t Let Cold Weather Freeze Cattle Performance This Winter 

Help cattle weather the elements and combat cold stress when the temperature drops.

Mineral Supplementation Boosts Cow Comfort and Milk Production 
Mineral Supplementation Boosts Cow Comfort and Milk Production 

From dry-off to freshening, mineral supplementation can play a pivotal role in keeping cows healthy, comfortable and productive, says Curt Vlietstra, DVM, Boehringer Ingelheim.

Feeding Corn Silage to Cattle Can Add Value
Feeding Corn Silage to Cattle Can Add Value

Corn silage is an excellent source of energy for cattle and replacing a portion of corn in cattle diets with silage should be a economical solution.

Dr. Leon “Sam” Barringer Honored With AVC Consultant of the Year Award
Dr. Leon “Sam” Barringer Honored With AVC Consultant of the Year Award

As a consulting veterinarian, Dr. Barringer works with Diamond V ruminant teams. He is also a highly decorated military leader and has deployed both as an Army and Air Force officer.

Ten Holiday Gift Ideas for the Livestock Lover in Your Life
Ten Holiday Gift Ideas for the Livestock Lover in Your Life

If your Christmas shopping list contains people who work daily with animals, you’ll want to get them something meaningful that speaks to the things they enjoy, and might make their workday a little more pleasant, too.

Pros and Cons of Using Darts to Treat Cattle
Pros and Cons of Using Darts to Treat Cattle

Remote drug delivery devices to treat cattle are increasingly popular among producers, especially for use with cattle on pasture. Many veterinarians, however, continue to question whether such tools warrant use at all.

Tyson CEO Confesses Company Culture Was Lazy After Pandemic
Tyson CEO Confesses Company Culture Was Lazy After Pandemic

"We got fat and lazy," Tyson Foods Inc.’s leader candidly shared about his company’s underperformance in an interview following the opening of Tyson's new $300 million plant in Virginia, Bloomberg reported.

How Does Cattle Handling and Stockmanship Influence Animal Performance?
How Does Cattle Handling and Stockmanship Influence Animal Performance?

Low-stress cattle handling methods have been discussed and promoted for many years, but could implementing low-stress handling techniques influence animal performance and improve your bottom line?

Tufts University Makes Students' Cellular Ag Dreams Come True
Tufts University Makes Students' Cellular Ag Dreams Come True

In his Value Creation in Cell Ag class, Tufts senior Adham Ali was tasked to work with a group of peers to design a product using cellular agriculture (or cell ag for short) to make life easier for consumers.

Protein Supplementation: What to Know Before Purchasing
Protein Supplementation: What to Know Before Purchasing

In developing a protein supplementation strategy, it is important to consider what is the goal of feeding the protein supplement and that not all protein sources are equal.

Using Genetic Testing to Make Profitable Marketing Decisions
Using Genetic Testing to Make Profitable Marketing Decisions

Genomic tests are a tool that can be used to create strategic marketing plans by taking a small ear tissue sample to compare genome traits of a calf to others in their breed.

Weaning Weight Versus Reproductive Efficiency
Weaning Weight Versus Reproductive Efficiency

What has more value to the profit potential of a commercial cow-calf operation that sells calves at weaning, percent calf crop weaned or weaning weight?

U.S. Continues Efforts to Keep Japanese Encephalitis Virus Out
U.S. Continues Efforts to Keep Japanese Encephalitis Virus Out

The U.S. pork industry has learned its lesson about paying attention to disease outbreaks in other countries. That's why a new website has been created about Japanese Encephalitis Virus that wreaked havoc in Australia.

'One Black Mark'
'One Black Mark'

Liver abscesses in finished beef-cross cattle continue to frustrate feeders and packers. Severe liver abscesses negatively impact cattle performance in a number of ways.

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Want More Calves Born in Daylight? Feed The Cows at Night

Beef cows fed at dusk or later results in more daytime births. Research indicates that to achieve that benefit, feeding at night should be started at least one month prior to calving season.