As fall approaches, most spring-calving herds are approaching weaning season. For calves, weaning can be more or less traumatizing depending on how it is handled by producers.

One-third of the U.S. is in drought, predominantly in the Western half of the country.

A $500,000 grant from the USDA will allow researchers at the University of Georgia (UGA) to examine the minutiae of cattle and fescue microbiome interaction to find targets that will help mitigate the effects of fescue toxicosis, a forage-related condition that costs the U.S. beef industry more than $1 billion each year.