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Check the ‘engine and transmission’ when bull buying

January 10, 2022
Kalyn Waters
Whenever someone gets a new truck, there are always two questions you have for them: 1. What engine does it have in it? 2. What transmission did you get?
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Spring vs. fall calving: Best calving season by region

September 17, 2021
Kalyn Waters
Weather is one of the most important factors affecting producers’ selection of calving season. This is closely linked to forage and feed availability. This undoubtedly creates a regional pattern in calving season across the nation.
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Cows in shade

5 not-so-fun facts about heat stress

July 23, 2021
Kalyn Waters
Heat costs the cattle industry billions of dollars annually. This loss comes from reductions in feed conversion, growth, milk production and reproduction. Extensive research has been done to mitigate the impacts of heat stress in the cattle industry.
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Ruminal acidosis’s impact on semen in developing, young bulls

January 22, 2021
Kalyn Waters

There is always a buzz during bull sale season about the body condition of bulls. Seedstock producers have done a tremendous job over the past decade at improving their development strategies to ensure bulls are not overconditioned.


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Shipping shrink – Two management considerations

October 30, 2020
Kalyn Waters

Growing up, there were several days that brought anxiety to the ranch: branding and sale day were probably the biggest. While there were a million things that could impact the success of branding day (mainly rain and having enough help), when it came to sale day, the entire family knew the importance of what was riding on that single day.


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Freemartin placenta

Everything you never knew about freemartins

March 2, 2020
Kalyn Waters
If you’ve been involved in the cattle industry for any length of time, you are likely familiar with the term freemartin, a heifer who is born a twin to a bull calf.
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rancher and cows

3 questions to ask your seedstock producer

November 21, 2019
Kalyn Waters
As winter rolls around, people across the country are preparing for the holidays, but for beef producers, Santa and mistletoe aren’t the only highlights of the season – we have bull sales to look forward to!
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cows in winter

Why you should not be body condition scoring every cow

September 19, 2019
Kalyn Waters
Body condition scoring (BCS) is nothing novel, exciting or earth-shattering, but it does pay! It is such a basic concept in the cattle industry that, without meaning to offend anyone, I dare to say it is elementary. However, it is also widely underused.
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cow and calf

3 reasons to weigh your mature cow herd

May 22, 2019
Kalyn Waters
Recently, I had a conversation with a vegetable farmer from the Upper Midwest. Somehow, we got on the topic of scales, and I explained to him that many cattle producers don’t have a scale. The farmer looked at me in pure shock.
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beef cows and calves

Why is body condition score at calving so critical?

March 12, 2019
Kalyn Waters
It’s hard to count the number of wonderful things that come along with calving season: sleepless nights, spring storms, frozen ears (yours and the calves), endless chores, mean mamas, and the list goes on and on. And while in the trenches, it can seem like haying season would be a glorious break. Calving is the point at which the reproductive clock is reset for the next year within your cow herd.
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