Mother cows not matched to an environment: that is one of the foremost problems I see while traveling the Southwestern United States for our industry. Brood cows that perform and produce in Missouri may not make it in the Davis Mountains of the Trans- Pecos Region of West Texas. Charles Goodnight had a very functional […]
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Remaining in the cow calf business during intense drought is a challenge. How to keep your cow herd intact, avoid hammering your pastures and maintaining a positive bottom line is indeed a tough problem. If you wait to reduce numbers until conception rates drop then you have waited way too long to reduce numbers. You […]
Cattlemen every year lose millions of dollars to death loss and depressed production when grazing cool-season small grains, to a condition that is all too familiar: Frothy Bloat, or Primary Ruminal Tympany. In rumination, large volumes of gasses are produced through microbial fermentation of cellulose. Normally, the gasses are eliminated by the animal’s belching or […]