Missouri lawmakers passed a bill on May 17 enacting labeling requirements to clarify if “meat” products are sourced from animals or not. 

Anyone who has ever owned cattle has asked the question, “Why aren’t my cows getting bred?” Undetected diseases plague us and keep us guessing. We must always be vigilant to prevent diseases such as trich, bovine viral diarrhea and lepto from entering the herd. Still, the most impactful disease is probably the most treatable and preventable.

While grass was slow to come this spring, it is likely forage quality will rapidly change this summer. As a general rule of thumb, energy values (total digestible nutrients) of forages (pasture included) can decrease rapidly at a rate of 0.33 to 1 percent per day from vegetative to mature stage.

As we head into the summer, dry conditions in most of the West may force producers to evaluate alternative management strategies. Open cows or potential replacement heifers are costly, especially when feed resources are limited.

Loose mineral supplements and molasses tubs or blocks are sometimes used to provide feed additives like fly control products, ionophores, antibiotics, bloat management drugs and others.

Most Progressive Cattleman readers said weather was the main cause of calf mortality this calving season.

Who are public land ranchers? We often know them as those who graze their cattle on public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the U.S. Forest Service (USFS). But do we know the characteristics that define public land ranchers and do we know how diverse they really are?

As expected, drought conditions continued to expand last week after rains two weeks ago resulted in a brief halt to worsening drought in Oklahoma. The latest Drought Monitor indicates that 34.8 percent of Oklahoma is in D3 (extreme) and D4 (exceptional) drought, including 10.7 million acres of D4 conditions in western Oklahoma and the panhandle.

This year has already started out with a blaze as Oklahoma yet again battles flames and other fires crop up across the country.

Pesticides and dung beetles couldn’t seem more different when it comes to making a fly management plan, but they definitely are connected in the big picture of pest control.