Grass Tetany in Cattle
Grass tetany is a season-specific metabolic disturbance of cattle that occurs when cattle are grazing lush vegetation. It occurs …
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Cattle Working Facilities
To properly manage a cattle operation, adequate handling facilities are a must. Having a fast, efficient means of safely …
Cold Weather Nutrition for Horses
With winter on its way, be glad that your horses don’t have to deal with temperatures that consistently dip …
Tips for Choosing Firewood
With energy prices high, many homeowners will turn to wood as an economical heating source this winter. Many will …
Help Livestock Endure Heat and Humidity in Summer
Livestock producers can help their animals endure the stress from heat and humidity in a variety of ways. To …
Red Maple Poisoning in Horses
Fall is a wonderful time to enjoy being outdoors, but with fall comes the seasonal hazard of toxic poisoning …
Livestock Body Condition Scoring
With the summer coming to an end and fall and winter fast approaching, livestock producers usually take on winter …
Stockpiling Forages for Late Fall and Early Winter Grazing
Livestock producers can take advantage of late summer and early fall growing conditions to obtain high quality pasture for …
Hardware Disease in Cattle
Hardware disease, also known as traumatic reticuloperitonitis, is really not a disease at all. It is an injury to …
Managing Fescue Toxicosis
Midsummer is the time that we typically think of fescue toxicosis, as our thoughts are towards making hay and …
Taking Forage Samples
Do you know the nutrient composition of the hay you have baled or purchased? If not, you really have …
Grazing Summer Annual Grasses
Many livestock producers use summer annuals to supplement or enhance summer grazing. Sudex or sorghum-sudan hybrids, sudangrass and Pearl …