Drought is generally defined as a prolonged period during which annual precipitation is less than 75 percent of average.

“Is this Jenny?” “Yes. …” “This is John Q. Public. I heard you have a ranch available for lease, and I run some cattle. …”

In forage-based beef systems, balancing the environment (forage quality and quantity) and cow requirements is a driver of production efficiency.

The adage “out of sight, out of mind” may avoid a few of life’s problems, but internal parasites are not one of them. It’s common knowledge there are countless microscopic predators lurking in the cattle environment.

Gallagher TWR-5 livestock scales

Gallagher’s new range of weigh scales helps provide producers with the ability to record more details and data about their stock, making the scales a useful tool for tracking livestock performance.

Note: This report was updated March 18, 2019. Between Wednesday and Thursday, a late winter storm of hurricane-force winds, heavy snow and rain battered its way across the middle of the nation. From Colorado to Kentucky, thousands of people have been evacuated to escape flooding rivers or have been stranded in blizzards or flooding.