Managing and feeding cattle in winter can be tricky. Maybe you can’t tell the difference between 15 and 32 degrees F after spending a few minutes outside, but your cattle can. Slight changes in temperature...

Good winter cattle management practices help cattle tolerate the wind and cold temperatures. During the cold winter months, close attention should be paid to herd nutrition. Taking shortcuts on your cattle nutrition during the winter months...

By Christina Hayes We focus on balancing cattle diets for energy, protein, vitamins, and minerals, but we tend to overlook water. Every physiological process involves water, and it’s requirement for cattle performance. Here are some...

By Chad Zehnder These are simple things you can do to make the most of forages today and further on down the road: 1. Implement a grazing plan Rotational grazing gives pastures a rest compared...

By Chris Forcherio Have you defined what success and failure look like in your weaning program? Success might look like live, healthy calves who put on weight with minimal intervention. On the flip side, failure...

By Kent Tjardes   If you’re a kid at the swimming pool, the heat of summer can be delightful. But for cattle, summer heat can be dangerous, even deadly. “Heat stress in cattle is not...