Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) complex, also called shipping fever, is the leading cause of morbidity (sickness) and mortality (death) in the beef industry, based on the report of the 2011 National Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS).

Success in feeding corn silage involves following a hierarchy of observations and measurements in the nutritional program. The corn silage evaluation plan becomes essential when evaluating beef rations containing higher-corn-silage inclusions.

Cattle have a large digestive tract, holding many gallons of feed or fluid. Bodyweight may vary depending on whether the tract is full or empty. This will depend on time of day, how much the animal has eaten or exercised, or how far it has been hauled.

With fall approaching, most spring calves are leaving the home ranch and moving to both backgrounding operations and feedyards. This will be one of the most stressful times in those calves’ lives, second only to being weaned from the cow.

More than 600 feedlots call Rock County, Minnesota, home. With a land area of a little more than 320,000 acres, Rock County houses feedlots with fewer than 300 animal units to more than 3,000 head.

Hopefully, a calf nurses within two to four hours after birth, and its nutrition depends solely on the mother’s milk for several days afterward.

The other day, I had a conversation with my son Paul, who is trying to find a job. He was adopted from Bulgaria at age 11, so he is somewhat delayed in his understanding of social issues. He does not want to attend school to get the skills he needs to obtain a good job; he just wants to get a job that pays lots of money.

I was ridin’ pens for Horton in the fall of ’91. It was early October and the run had just begun.He was buyin’ calves like crazy ’cause the price was on the riseAnd you couldn’t see his pupils for the glitter in his eyes.

I love art, and the walls of my home are covered with it. I’m talking real art, not that abstract/impressionism garbage like the stuff shown at a modern art show in New York years ago where the judges accidentally gave “Best In Show” to an air conditioning vent that wasn’t even entered in the competition.

The USDA NASS (National Agricultural Statistics Service) September Cattle on Feed Report was released Friday, Sept. 18. The news was more of the same and one surprise. 2015 has displayed none of the price escalation of 2014, a persistent retreat from record-high prices and volatility.