WASHINGTON – Senators John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer and Congressman Kelly Armstrong this week urged U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secre…
As cow/calf producers across the region wrap up calving, it is now the time of year where thoughts are shifting towards marketing those calves…
On April 29, as a part of Montana State University’s Beef Extension Spring Series, Dr. Casey Solomon, DVM of Milk River Genetics, discussed th…
Slowing down resistance to dewormers is an important goal in 2021.
Kelly Anderson has been hooking up farmers and cattle producers for four years. No, she doesn’t work for FarmersOnly.com.
A group of researchers out of South Dakota State University have spent the last half a year requesting information on cattle losses with hopes…
Susie Felton will tell you she has always wanted to sell beef directly. That life goal is one that coincided well with her passion of stabiliz…
Ralco today announced the groundbreaking for the Jon Knochenmus Center for Innovation in Marshall, Minnesota.
For dairy farms that need to reduce somatic cell counts, Select Sires has introduced Mastitis ResistantPRO, a genetic tool to boost mastitis r…
Grazing is an agricultural term to describe the natural behavior of cattle moving across pastures and rangelands as they consume different plants.
The Montana Stockgrowers Association (MSGA) partnered on April 13 with Boehringer Ingelheim, a pharmaceutical company, to provide a webinar fe…
For cow/calf producers across the region, the edge of profitability is often times razor thin. Minimizing input costs to maximize income is a …
We want every calf to be healthy, but unfortunately scours can occur.
Many U.S. cattle producers are rallying behind the Cattle Market Transparency Act of 2021, which was introduced into Congress by U.S. Senators…
The mysterious disease that is mastitis can be a real challenge in ewes.
With most producers across the region in the heart of calving season, it won’t be long before attentions will be turning to breeding season. N…
The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) establishes our country’s environmental policy and implementation. Pertaining to any federal land…
Information on assisting with calving for those with less experience
Before there was COVID-19, U.S. livestock industries were making plans if a foot and mouth disease (FMD) were to occur. Those plans are listed…
It is largely agreed upon that the largest money hole in cow/calf operations is feeding expenses, with breeding costs being a close second. It…
Cover crops offer tremendous value to society and landowners in terms of clean water and soil retention.
Dairy producers received signals it was time to increase milk production, and they did just that.
With 2020 safely in the rearview mirror, for the first time ever, one can literally say that hindsight is 20/20. For U.S. cattle producers, th…
Winter feeding costs account for the majority of annual operating costs in a cow/calf operation.
It came as a surprise when corn prices began moving higher after the Iowa Derecho event in August.
You don’t have to be in the cattle business long before you realize that both heat and cold stress have an impact on the welfare and productiv…
Setting up facilities to check pregnancy in cows on pasture is something Eric Mousel suggests for 2021.