Disposable hypodermic needles are a necessary tool in maintaining cattle health. They provide a convenient and economical route to deliver products to animals in a safe and effective manner.
Calf prices are encouraging cow-calf producers to increase cow inventories to have more calves to sell.
Balancing the checkbook and reviewing the monthly credit card statements are just two ways that consumers monitor their spending.
Grazing winter annuals such rye, winter wheat or triticale commonly begins in April. All three of these forages can be very high in quality and reduce the need for feeding expensive hay while allowing additional time for spring growth of our perennial summer pastures.
The fourth edition of the Aggieville Showdown in Manhattan, Kansas, unfolded at the Riley County Fairgrounds and downtown Aggieville April 5 and 6, featuring 229 entries from 114 exhibitors hailing from 10 different states.
A team of Kansas State University watershed specialists have tips on how to safeguard water resources while providing grazing animals with the water they need.
Farm Rescue is coordinating hay donations for wildfire-affected farmer and ranchers.
The pros and cons of retaining heifer calves born to first-calf heifers
Fillmore County is hosting the inaugural Pen to Plate event Sunday, April 14 from 3-6:15 p.m. at the Fillmore County Fairgrounds in Geneva, Nebraska.
Founding Father and inventor Benjamin Franklin once said, “By failing to plan, you are preparing to fail.” In the cattle business, that sentiment rings true when it comes to executing an artificial insemination breeding strategy, said the experts at the Kansas State University Beef Cattle In…
Cows of several dairy farms in southern states were recently infected by bird flu, according to state and federal agriculture officials.
Aggieville Showdown to feature grand drive through business district, live country music in Manhattan, Kan., April 6
The Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Dairy Team is hosting a virtual chat via Zoom to discuss the latest information on the mystery illness effecting dairy cows in the Southwest on Tuesday, March 26 at 7 p.m.
As the state's largest and primary public veterinary diagnostics lab, the KSVDL is the laboratory clearinghouse that veterinarians around the state and country know and rely on to diagnose and track the diseases that could wreak havoc on individual households and the U.S. agricultural econom…
To effectively prevent liver abscesses in cattle, it is crucial to gain a complete understanding of the development of this condition and the bacteria responsible for causing the infection.
Amidst the heightening concern with greenhouse gas emissions, the dairy industry has an important message they need to share: “Cows are not the problem, but they are part of the solution.”
The Danish swine industry has its own set of unique challenges, yet farmers share similar marketing woes and epidemic threats as American pork producers.
While it seems like a natural event, getting pregnant is not always as easy as it sounds, especially if the female isn’t having estrus cycles.
Thirty years ago, the weather on Annie Doerr’s family ranch felt reliable. Now that she’s taken over from her parents, it’s been anything but. In recent years, drought has made finding good pastureland for beef cattle to graze increasingly difficult.
A trio of Kansas State University graduate students recently reported their findings regarding threats to the animals that graze the Kansas prairie – and the impact of prescribed fire on those threats.
Anyone who has ever had a respiratory infection knows how hard it can be to clear the body and how miserable it can make a person feel.
Numerous tractors and sprayers were on the move in the fields this past week and BOOM, just like that winter came back. A little snow and rain had been on the forecast, but it went from a winter weather advisory to a winter storm warning in a few short hours. The big, wet snowflakes started …
The intense demand placed upon small, independently-owned meat lockers has abated since 2020. However, the industry is still feeling growing pains as it endures increased financial burden, worker shortages and continued demand for locally sourced food.
There are two things Brad Gleason is known for in his hometown of Fullerton: living by the river and custom processing superior cuts of meat.
The inaugural American Royal Spring Youth Livestock Show is slated for March 27-30 at the American Royal Complex in Kansas City, Missouri. Youth will exhibit prospect, market and breeding cattle, goats, sheep and swine.
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