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NDSU Extension Offers Fall Cattle Checklist
Courtesy of: NDSU Extension Service
Fall is the time when beef cattle producers make many management and labor decisions, including repairing cattle working… Continue reading
The Impact of Trich Extends Beyond Lost Pregnancies
Trichomoniasis, more commonly known as “trich,” is a highly contagious venereal disease that can wreck a herd’s reproductive efficiency. A sound preventive program will help avoid abortions and ongoing losses at a time when every calf is vital to the… Continue reading
Taking on the Challenges of Coccidiosis
By: Blaine Corners, PhD, senior beef cattle nutritionist with Zoetis
If there’s one disease cattle producers should look out for in starting — 300- to 500-pound — cattle, it’s coccidiosis.
In operations I work with, this parasitic disease poses numerous… Continue reading
International livestock conference kicks off at Kansas State
MANHATTAN, Kan. — Kansas State University Provost Charles Taber welcomed nearly 300 guests from 22 countries to the ninth Multi-Stakeholder Partnership Meeting of the Global Agenda for Sustainable Livestock (GASL) on Monday morning in Forum Hall at the K-State Student… Continue reading
Animal welfare involves different meanings and approaches
MANHATTAN, Kan. – A series of presentations from experts in animal health and welfare demonstrated the complexity of the topic during the third plenary session at an international livestock conference on Monday.
The Global Agenda for Sustainable Livestock brought nearly… Continue reading
Part II: Johne’s Disease and Detection in Beef Cattle – Frequently Asked Questions
By: Michelle Arnold, DVM, MPH UK Ruminant Extension Veterinarian – July 2019
Johne’s (pronounced Yo-knees) Disease is a chronic, fatal disease characterized by profuse, watery diarrhea and weight loss or “wasting” in adult cattle (see Figure 1). Although it is… Continue reading
- Workshops Offer Biochar Basics and Uses :: Cavalier November 8, 2019
- Workshops Offer Biochar Basics and Uses :: Carrington Research Extension Center November 7, 2019
- Cattle risk management workshop Nov. 6 in Sidney November 6, 2019
- Workshops Offer Biochar Basics and Uses :: Lisbon November 6, 2019
- Heart of America Grazing Conference, October 29-30 October 29, 2019
- Cattle Marketing Listening Sessions Scheduled :: Sioux Center, Iowa October 29, 2019
- Cattle Marketing Listening Sessions Scheduled :: Osage, Iowa October 24, 2019
- Cattle Marketing Listening Sessions Scheduled :: Maquoketa, Iowa October 23, 2019
- 21st Annual Dakota Feeder Calf Show/Feedout Set October 19, 2019
- AgriLife Extension organizing Grass Grazing and Animal Management School February 20, 2019
