For many years, we have continually researched, discussed and written about bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV), yet occurrence of the disease in the U.S. is increasing.

Positive impacts of low-stress cattle handling on ranch profits is recognized by progressive producers.

Click here to read the stages of anaplasmosis. Bovine anaplasmosis is an infectious disease of cattle that causes destruction of red blood cells and is initiated by the bacteria Anaplasma marginale.

Click here to read more about managing anaplasmosis. IncubationThe incubation stage begins with the original infection of A. marginale and lasts until 1 percent of the animal’s red blood cells are infected. After gaining entry into a susceptible animal, the anaplasma parasite slowly reproduces in the animal’s blood.

Hay-harvesting technology was highlighted at a recent forage field day conducted by Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service at the Camp Cooley Division of Circle X Land and Cattle Company near Franklin, Texas.

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.

Low-pH soils can limit plant production in about half of the U.S. Soil pH is a measure of soil acidity or alkalinity. The pH scale ranges from zero to 14, with 7 as neutral. Numbers less than 7 indicate acidity while numbers greater than 7 indicate alkalinity.

Most pastures are continuously grazed year-round, which results in the lowest possible forage yields. Continuous grazing doesn’t provide time for forage to reproduce foliage removed by cattle.