Cattle

Odds are your cows already have or are about to enter the last 3 months of gestation. Below are a few questions that each cattle owner should ask themselves as …

State veterinarians in North Dakota are investigating a beef herd in Sargent County, located in southeastern North Dakota, after bovine tuberculosis (TB) was identified. “In late 2018, we were notified …

A new case of Brucellosis has been found in a northwestern Wyoming beef cattle herd nearly a month after another herd was discovered with the disease.   Wyoming state veterinarian, …

  Harvest is well underway which means the breeding season should be wrapping up soon for spring calving herds. If you have thought to yourself recently “When did we turn …

by Dr. Megan Van Emon, Montana State University Extension Beef Cattle Specialist   With the abundance of snow this winter and the spring rains we have received, grass tetany may …

WASHINGTON (May 23, 2018) – The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association today applauded the introduction of the Transporting Livestock Across America Safely (TLAAS) Act, saying it would reform federal Hours of …

by Dr. Anton Bekkerman, Associate Professor at Montana State University, Department of Agricultural Economics   The AgEconMT.com team has written and chatted about the recent agreement between the Montana Stockgrowers Association (MSGA) and the Chinese …

  The USDA just released it’s update of the national beef cow herd. As of January 1, 2018, the number of all cows and calves in the U.S. totaled 94.4 …

by Derrell Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension Livestock Marketing Specialist The beef cow herd began recent expansion in 2014 growing 0.75 percent followed by more significant growth in 2015 (2.95 percent) …

Fall is that time of year when cow calf producers are gathering in the calf crops, weaning, vaccinating, and pregnancy checking cows.  It should also be a time when marketing …