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Preventing livestock losses to large carnivores

For livestock producers who struggle with large carnivores on their rangeland, there are many nonlethal options, from guard dogs to range riders. Knowing your options can help prevent loss from cattle stress, injury and death.
November 28, 2022
Julie K. Young

There are numerous challenges to successfully raising livestock, including depredation by carnivores. Carnivores can kill, injure and stress livestock. Fortunately, there are several ways to reduce the risk of losing livestock to carnivores. 


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Options for feed-through fly control with costs and benefits

April 22, 2022
Stephen B. Blezinger
Every year about this time, producer attention turns to fly control. Especially in the southern U.S., by the time early spring rolls around, the flies are coming back to the cows with a vengeance, assuming they ever left at all.
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Gopher damage

Gopher damages to pasture and hay lands

March 23, 2022
Bruce Derksen
Livestock pests aren’t limited to grubs, lice, flies or other types of flying insects. Rodents also damage feed sources and supplies, forage and grain harvesting equipment, and range and pasture lands.
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Coyotes on the prowl: A concern for cow-calf operations

March 23, 2022
Kate James

Cattle producers are no stranger to the stress coyotes wreak on their herd and pocketbook. Deciding what type of control to use – and when to implement it – is critical to preventing the long-term health and financial repercussions coyotes are capable of inflicting.


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Fly control

Fly control options, explained

March 23, 2022
Tony Hawkins
Fly season is almost upon us. These little pests cause significant loss of production (aka less weight gain) and spread disease readily. If you do not control fly pressure on your livestock, you’re leaving real money on the table.
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Stress prevention strategies

January 25, 2022
Don Tyler
Your friends and family are concerned about you, and so am I. There is a level of uncertainty in agriculture and nearly all businesses which exceeds anything we’ve seen or experienced in our lifetimes.
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2021 top news stories

November 24, 2021
Change is always around us in the beef industry, and 2021 had its share of turns, dips and uphill climbs. Transition in the nation’s capital, heat in the West, growth in beef demand worldwide and more dollars out of consumers’ wallets – these were just a few of the biggest news items from the past year.
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2021 Top Progressive Cattle online articles

November 24, 2021
Take a look back at the articles that captured the most online attention from readers of Progressive Cattle.
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Controlling lice in beef cattle

October 25, 2021
Heather Smith Thomas
Lice are a common winter problem in cattle, especially in northern climates with cold weather and short winter days.
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Fight summer flies with feed-throughs

May 24, 2021
Marc Campbell
If your cattle could talk – or sing – “Shoo fly, don’t bother me” would likely be a common mantra heard throughout the summer season as they annoyingly swat their tails across their backs.
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