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Every rancher knows how fast hay can disappear once cold fronts start rolling through. When you add in supplement, mineral, fuel, equipment, and labor, the winter feed bill can add up fast. The worst part is realizing later that some cows you fed all winter were open the whole time. That is where September pregnancy […]
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September often makes wheat pasture seem like a quick way to earn money. Someone at the feed store mentions that calves should gain well this winter; a bit of rain moistens the ground, and soon everyone is eager to start planting. Yet eventually the bills come. A large amount is taken up by seed costs, […]
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September in West Texas can be misleading. Although the pasture still has brown grass, the cows are scattered about, and one rain may bring a bit of green to the low areas. It might look from the truck as though there is enough feed to carry on into the fall. If October remains dry, the […]
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Bovine Respiratory Disease, or BRD, can become a very costly situation quite quickly; one day a calf may appear to be healthy but by the next it could be standing by itself with droopy ears, a lowered head, and more heavy breathing. Many people refer to BRD as “shipping fever” or pneumonia and that is […]
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It may still seem like summer in August, but that is precisely the time when you should begin considering winter cattle management. When cows become thin because of poor nutrition or fatigue from the heat of summer, the winter season will only serve to worsen the situation. Since both cold weather and a late pregnancy […]
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