If there was ever a slow time of year in the Southeast, it’s definitely not September. Whether fall or spring calving, it’s a busy month for herd and pasture management.

Summer is quickly fading into fall, which means weaning time is just around the corner. Weaning is stressful on calves. Prolonged stress can lead to poor performance and have a negative impact on the immune system, making calves more susceptible to disease.

Ready or not, weaning season is here for spring-calving herds. Drought has affected much of our region, leaving producers with far fewer pasture resources than typical and forcing producers to start supplementing cows to extend the grazing season.

Summer is almost over and fall is soon upon us. This time of year provides an opportunity to give spring-calving cows, especially first- and second-calf cows, a little boost if needed.

For the second time, a federal court judge has held a state “ag gag” statute unconstitutional. Previously, an Idaho statute was deemed unconstitutional, and this decision remains on appeal at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

A panel at the 2017 Beef Improvement Federation Research Symposium and Convention, held in Athens, Georgia, addressed the complex issue of expected progeny differences across breeds.

Genomics is a technological wonder, not yet 10 years old and already influencing almost every single sire selection the dairy industry makes.

Let’s think about what is happening today in the production agriculture industry:

Scours are an issue across nearly every operation in the U.S. Though the cause of scours is known – stress, leading to an immune problem – what drives it is different from one region to the next.

Just like our human families, we spend a lot of time with the cows on our ranch, and they become part of our families. It’s often hard to see them go when the vet draws an “o” on their sides calling them open on pregnancy check day.