It is the time of year when the new spring line of fashion comes out for our cows. The replacement heifers received their new ear tags and fre…
"In the end, there is no right way or wrong way of doing things on the farm. There is just tradition and living by that tradition."
K-State veterinarians offer ways reduce risk of calves developing, sharing scours
Perhaps the two biggest livestock insurance programs from the U.S. Department of Agriculture – the Pasture, Rangeland, and Forage (PRF) and th…
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With 2021 shaping up to be a strange year for agriculture, Dr. Darrell Peel, a professor at Oklahoma State University, said that perhaps the m…
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Right, this very minute down on the farm in Waverly it is COLD. The forecast for the time being looks to be rather typical Nebraska winter.
Two years into a sweeping six-year study on prescribed burning in the Flint Hills, Kansas State University researchers already have take-home …
Rolling 7 Mini Cattle, run by the Zutavern family of Custer County in central Nebraska, breeds and raises miniature cattle. It began in 2015 a…
108th annual event is set for March 5
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K-State veterinarians discuss the importance of a calf nursing in the first 24 hours of its life
Faced with aging barns and regulatory change, many hog producers will remodel or make upgrades to their facilities this season. While some new…
To safeguard livestock against cold stress as Arctic air masses take turns plunging into the Plains, a Midwest beef specialist has specific re…
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) concluded its virtual winter business meeting Feb. 4 by electing Jerry Bohn, a cattle produce…
"The older cows in the group know when they are headed home and make great leaders for the rest of the herd."
The small ruminant team at South Dakota State University Extension is seeking input from sheep and goat producers across the United States to …
"Many of us are worried that if the weather does turn cold suddenly (because this is Kansas and that happens at the drop of a hat) if the calv…
From an all-purpose ‘farmer’s cow’ to mild-mannered mothers, shorthorn cattle evolved to fit modern operations
The U.S. Targhee Sheep Association (USTSA) is offering a free registered Targhee starter flock to a deserving youth. It will be awarded at the…
The College of Veterinary Medicine at Kansas State University is launching two new opportunities for future veterinarians: SPARK, the Summer P…
The spring bull sale season is underway. Catalogs are being studied, EPDs and individual animal performance numbers are being compared and cho…
K-State meat scientists studied three beef cuts to see how fat content, connective tissue characteristics and muscle structure influence tenderness
Partnerships are all across the beef business, but they’re not always as clean as who will bale the hay and who is going to feed it.
There’s a Nebraska cattlewoman who didn’t grow up a cattle girl.
Once a drought develops, ranchers must make decisions in rapid succession to prevent problems from compounding.