Items Tagged with 'drought'
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Cyanobacteria (often called blue-green algae) can be a scary thing to see in your cattle’s water source and can be the cause of mysterious health issues. Here’s what to know about it to keep your cattle safe, especially in areas experiencing severe drought.
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Before rebuilding the cattle herd, focus on rebuilding pastures
Even the most pessimistic prognosticators point toward favorable conditions in the cattle market through the coming years. Now is the opportune time to get your pastures back in shape.
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Minimize waste, maximize genetics through management
An investment in superior genetics combined with prioritizing nutrition could pay dividends for cattlemen.
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Where’s the water?
A three-prong approach among strategic use, soil health and crop selection will guide the future of water usage in forage production.
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Timing of weaning: How should we think about it?
If producers are weaning calves based on a date on the calendar, they might be overlooking just how much leverage they have to control costs simply with the timing of weaning.
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Rethinking grazing management rules of thumb in drought years
Some grazing practices that may have seemed like common sense in years past may not be so efficacious in times of drought.
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Lessons learned: Planning for future feed shortages
If recent experience has taught us anything, it’s that the cattle industry should anticipate feed shortages and that producers can have a plan in place to continue thriving when those shortages arrive.
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