In last month’s issue of Progressive Cattleman, we discussed five myths believed by some cow-calf producers. Below are the second five of my top 10 beef cow-calf nutrition myths. Click here to read the first five of the top 10 beef cow-calf nutrition myths.

Consultants at the Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation work with livestock producers on ranch solutions related to their operations.

Most online readers did not plan to attend the Canadian Dairy XPO. A recent Progressive Dairyman poll asked, “Are you planning to attend the Canadian Dairy XPO?”

Leasing of pastureland serves an important agricultural economic purpose. It allows a producer with limited capital to acquire the use of additional pasture without making a large capital purchase. At the same time, the landowner with available pasture obtains income from its utilization without becoming involved in the livestock business.

Have you ever thought about when it happened? Not many of us really know an exact date or even an exact year, but those of us who are starting to get a little gray or a little thin on top know that at one point we made the rite of passage from cow-boy to cow-man.

For beef producers looking to calve cows when little or no pasture is available, drylotting may be the answer.

South Texas is a region that lies roughly south of San Antonio. The southern boundary is the Rio Grande River, and the east is the Gulf of Mexico.

In the event you haven’t noticed, making and feeding hay is the major expense of the cow-calf business. Studies from around the U.S. show that operators who make and feed less hay are more profitable.

Many cattle in the country harbor some internal parasites. The varied geographic and climatic conditions of the Northwest allow for tremendous variation in the parasite load in cattle herds. Controlling internal parasites in grazing cattle has a significant positive return on investment, in most cases greater than any other management practice.

For a lot of ranchers, especially in the western U.S., controlling burrowing rodents seems to be a battle that is never won.