Cattle consuming plants experiencing drought stress or plants harvested during drought conditions can be at higher health risks. So what risks are there with feedstuffs during a drought?

Heifer selection is important because of the long-term impacts it can have on an operation. 

Stockpiling requires strategic management (and a little timely rainfall) for success. See how stockpiling bahiagrass works.

We’re in the heat of summer, a welcome time for many reasons – warm sunny days for putting up hay crops, ripening fields for harvest season, cattle contently foraging, and perhaps even some trips to the river or lake for fun.

Do you remember what your grandma used to serve for Sunday dinner? “Together, We Bring More” is based on the emotional connection that we have with life’s milestones – and how beef can transform our experiences, big or small, into meaningful moments.

We all aspire to exercise better stockmanship, and handling animals correctly is a big part of that goal. 

Feed cost, labor cost and availability, equipment cost and availability, calf marketing strategy, herd genetics, forage availability and cow age are all factors to consider when deciding to creep feed.

While many cattle producers have seasons of experience telling them how many cattle a tract of land can hold during the grazing months, it could still prove to be of benefit to have a reminder of how to determine how many animals the land can support, i.e., determine a proper stocking rate.

We’re fully into spring season by the month of May, and many operations are kicking out bulls or possibly preparing to artificially breed their herds, specifically potential replacement heifers.