Weaning is generally the most stressful time in the life of a calf, and stress can lower his immune defenses. Finding ways to reduce stress at weaning is key to minimizing sickness.

My husband, Gregory, and I raise both horses and cows, so we have quite a number of animals to feed. We often supplement our nursing mares and cows with our home-raised oats in the spring before they can go on green grass.

The Paris Agreement is an international treaty on climate change, adopted in 2015. Its goal is to limit global warming to 2.7ºF. “To achieve this long-term temperature goal, countries aim to reach global peaking of greenhouse gas emissions as soon as possible to achieve a climate-neutral world by midcentury,” according to the United Nations.

Interstate Feedlot isn’t the largest feedlot in Idaho, but it is part of a larger entity, making it the “world’s largest cattle feeder.”

If you’ve ever browsed photos from cattle shows of decades past, you’ve seen a striking shift to longer, taller and altogether “framier” U.S. cattle over the years.

Beyond the Ring to youth who show livestock is similar to what PRCA (Professional Rodeo Cowboy’s Association) is to rodeo.

“The low pregnancy rate issue in beef cows this fall seems to be pretty pervasive but also varies from herd to herd,” says John Hall, University of Idaho professor and beef extension specialist.