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Melissa A. Bravo

Melissa A. Bravo

Melissa Bravo was formerly a livestock herd health extension agent with Rutgers Cooperative Extension.

Agronomist and Livestock Herd Health Specialist / Meadow Lake Farm Consulting Services
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No snow, no flow: No grow?

Groundwater decline and alfalfa production in the Colorado River Basin
August 21, 2025
Melissa A. Bravo

Across the Colorado River Basin, producers face pressure of an ever-dwindling aquifer and deep-rooted decisions as the 2026 river rules are due to expire.


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Estimating summer pasture yields after sluggish April, wet May – June heat wave?

A slow wet spring and projected hot summer make estimating summer pasture yields challenging.
June 13, 2025
Melissa A. Bravo

How are you going to assess pasture conditions going forward?


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How you can prevent veterinarian injuries

Implementing safety measures on your operation can prevent injuries for veterinarians, help improve their productivity and attract veterinary graduates to more large animal practices.
May 30, 2025
Melissa A. Bravo

What if having a safer workplace would help attract veterinary graduates to pursue their board certifications in large-animal practice? What if eliminating preventable work-related injuries could add 21 days of productivity to a large-animal veterinarian’s annual route?


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Rural vets: Then, now and expectations

Veterinarians are in high demand, especially in rural communities. Large-animal vets are in even higher demand, and the shortage affects all those who raise livestock.
May 6, 2025
Melissa A. Bravo

Veterinarians are in high demand, especially in rural communities. Large-animal vets are in even higher demand, and the shortage affects all those who raise livestock.



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3 options de litières alternatives lorsque l’offre est limitée

November 1, 2022
Melissa A. Bravo

Dans le monde entier, de nombreuses exploitations familiales se sont rabattues sur l'autosuffisance « fait maison »  dans les dernières années puisque les infrastructures de transport et de distribution des produits agricoles ont été perturbées par les impacts économiques de la COVID-19.


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Where hay is plentiful for interstate movement, what about weeds?

While undesirable for purity and "invasiveness," even if unpalatable, many of the common and troublesome weeds that detract from quality can provide more than 6% crude protein and more than 50% TDN toward an animal’s daily intake needs.
October 17, 2022
Melissa A. Bravo

While undesirable for purity and "invasiveness," even if unpalatable, many of the common and troublesome weeds that detract from quality can provide more than 6% crude protein and more than 50% TDN toward an animal’s daily intake needs.


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Managing barber’s pole worms

July 14, 2022
Melissa A. Bravo
What are barber’s pole worms? In 1803, a naturalist by the name of Karl Rudolphi penned the scientific name for the parasitic barber’s pole worm, Haemonchus contortus.
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Wet hay years and what to watch for

December 31, 2021
Melissa A. Bravo
Single-statement truisms in the livestock feeding business are a rare occurrence. “If this occurs, then that will occur,” is usually prefaced by a disclaimer, “as long as Mother Nature cooperates.”
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Adverse weather and hidden danger of moldy feed

September 1, 2021
Melissa A. Bravo
Over the summer, the western drought and heat wave continue to intensify.
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The biological risk of drought

July 9, 2021
Melissa A. Bravo
The grazing season was well underway in the southern U.S. when tornadic weather spawned in early May. Across the country, 14 states have declared worsening drought stages in the peak of calving season.
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