This summer has been cooler than usual, according to Progressive Cattleman readers.

Calving time is quickly approaching, and hopefully all cattlemen are having a trouble-free season. However, you want to be prepared for the challenges associated with calving. Most calving difficulties are observed in heifers versus cows.

America has the world’s largest fed-cattle industry, giving ranchers a great opportunity to improve their profitability while protecting and conserving natural resources that support their livelihoods.

He is an Indian doctor – Indian as in the country, not as in Cherokee, Crow or Choctaw. Although he’d much prefer that you call him an “American doctor” because he was born in this country and has never owed his allegiance to anywhere else on earth but the good old U.S. He’d be the first to tell you there’s no better place.

I’m working on no sleep today. Of course, we all seem to have a good excuse to explain our deficiencies and our inefficiencies, but I really believe my excuse today has some validity to it. Here’s the deal:I was going about my business with the chores in the early evening last night, when I noticed the dog pestering one of the horses that was lying over by the water troughs.

When you hear cowboys tellin’ stories, it’s common for a listener to say, “It’s a wonder you weren’t killed.”“Well, all I did was rope that sorry, no good, fightin’ bull with the crooked horn and tie him to a post in the corral, then throw another rope on him and tied it to the other side, then pulled him tight ’cause I was by myself, you know.

John Talbot CEO California Milk Advisory Board Danville, California

Fall-calving season is here. In fact, the start of the fall calving season often begins before some producers expect it. The target date for the beginning of fall calving very often is Sept. 1.

The White House released a Biogas Opportunities Roadmap (PDF, 1MB) Aug. 1, highlighting the economic and environmental benefits and potential for biogas systems in the U.S.

Protecting one’s assets is another term for fall calf vaccinations. One does not need to view very many market reports to understand that the asset value of a calf has gone up. In other words, calves are worth good money.