Keeping Your Cattle, Horses, and Backyard Flock Hydrated
Proper hydration is essential to keep all your livestock healthy in any season, from the blistering summer months to the icy depths of winter. By knowing how...
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The Importance of Extra Hay During Winter Months
It is true that during the winter months riding your horse can become a scarce occasion. This means that your horse’s diet must also change. Since the horse...
Storm Preparation Tips for Horse & Cattle Owners
Properly caring for horses or livestock during a threatening storm requires careful planning and preparation. No one is immune to disaster and that’s why we...
Winter Livestock Management
The dead of winter is rapidly approaching, and this could mean doom and gloom for your livestock. If proper steps are taken to manage their health, shelter and...
Preparing Your Cows For Winter
Obviously winter is a vulnerable time for your cows when you really need to pay attention to make sure they are staying healthy. Here are some tips on...
Nutrition Your Cattle Needs
Good nutrition is essential for the health of your herd, but there are many different factors that affect what nutrition your cattle need. By understanding...
General Fly Control for Property, Yards and Farm
Flies can be more than just a nuisance, they can actually be dangerous to you, your animals, your garden and your crops. There are dozens of types of flies...
10 Step Winter Cattle Feeding Program
Now is the time to plan your beef herd winter feeding program. Fine-tuning winter feeding management helps optimize performance, but it is also essential for...
Autumn Cow Calf Management Tips
Here are some general cow-calf management reminders for the fall season. This information has been adapted from the “Beef Cow Herd Calendar”1 developed by the...
Can You Recognize the Signs of Dehydration in Animals?
Animals cannot tell their owners when they are thirsty, and recognizing the signs of dehydration in different animals is crucial for pet owners, farmers and...
Tips On Fly Control For Your Cattle
Every year spring brings new beginnings. The sun shines, livestock begin to breed, and the grass begins to turn green again. With all that beauty also comes...
Quick Tips to Help Reach BCS Goals
Body condition scores (BCS) are an excellent means of monitoring the effectiveness of your beef-cow-nutrition program. Here are 10 management tips to help...
Pay close attention to winter nutrition for your cattle
Taking shortcuts on your cattle nutrition during the winter months could be risk next year’s calf crop, this year’s weaning weights and the long-term viability...
Year 'Round Supplementation Improves Pasture Utilization
It’s been a challenge raising registered Angus cattle through the last 13 years of drought on the Bradley 3 Ranch in the Texas Panhandle. “We’ve changed a lot...