Pasture-Forage
As weather variability thins out Midwest pastures, opportunistic and toxic weeds are moving in. Iowa State’s Shelby Gruss highlights the top threats to livestock and how to spot them before they strike.
Fast-growing pasture creates ideal conditions for grass tetany in lactating cows. Understanding risk factors, early signs and mineral management is key to prevention.
Here are resources for those looking to donate to ranchers recovering from recent wildfires in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas.
As producers prepare for calving season and evaluate cow herd nutrition, here are some strategies to make sure cows are getting adequate nutrition.
New modeling research shows ticks survive not through resistance but by exploiting where treated cattle rarely travel.
An Oklahoma rancher and his vet built a deworming plan that includes four practices that any producer can adopt: diagnostics, combination treatment, refugia and management.
Infection may not directly impact herd health, but it can have implications for nutritional management.
Understanding the tick’s threat and its associated pathogen is key to implementing proactive management strategies to protect your cowherd.
Tall fescue adds to summer heat losses come in the form of less gain, weaker fertility and other health issues.
K-State veterinarians review a case of 20% open heifers and discuss potential causes for the reproductive issue.
Native to east Asia, the ALHT was first detected in New Jersey in 2017. Since then, it has spread to more than 20 states with recent confirmations in Illinois, Michigan and Iowa.
Prevention and early intervention is key to dealing with pinkeye.
Frothy bloat is sporadic, unpredictable and difficult to prevent. It typically occurs when cattle graze legume or legume-based pastures.
The performance of growing calves on wheat pasture can by increased by providing a small amount of a concentrate supplement carrying an ionophore and minerals that are deficient in wheat pasture.
While financial well-being is a function of the market, it is also a function of the availability of grass for grazing cattle. Both define the cattle cycle. Furthermore, grazing is critical for rangeland health.
If you supplement feed at some point during the year, understanding the quality of your feed and how to reduce feed waste is vital to your success.
Cattle can adapt to virtual fencing similarly as they do to traditional fencing options.
Strategic grazing in annual grass-dominated rangelands reduced flame length and rate of spread — modifications that resulted in safer and more effective fire suppression.
A University of Kentucky research study will focus on how 5-HTP influences feed intake, vasoconstriction and gut health.
When moisture and soil nutrients are readily available, sorghum-sudangrass and pearl millet can produce up to 6 tons of forage per acre during the growing season.
Veterinarians at Kansas State University discuss summer grazing management techniques that can help improve animal performance and pasture productivity.
USDA reports 47% of pasture and range conditions are in good to excellent health, compared to just 34% a year ago. Pasture and range conditions rated poor and very poor is down 9% from last year.
As expenses increase and producers evaluate more-efficient management techniques to lower production costs, one alternative may be to incorporate swath, or windrow grazing.
Windrow grazing, sometimes called swath grazing, is a management practice that can significantly reduce harvesting and feeding costs.
Dry conditions persist across parts of the U.S., with nearly half of the nation’s corn crop and 37% of the nation’s hay crop areas experiencing drought. Cattle producers could be forced to make more tough decisions.
When warm weather hangs on into late summer and early fall, the fly season may also persist at problematic levels longer than typical.
Although drought persists north and south of Oklahoma, forage conditions have improved greatly in the state this summer. July was the seventh wettest July on record in Oklahoma.