Category: Species

Antibiotic usage is a key issue that the pork industry will always face, and the pressures of it will only […]

With early season drought conditions spreading from the eastern half of Montana, across the Dakotas, and into northwest Minnesota, finding […]

Returning fresh cows to positive energy balance as fast as you can after calving is the end goal of any […]

Today, in most businesses across the world, we have tighter profit margins, and that includes America’s dairy farm.  This is […]

The primary area of heat stress impacts on the beef industry has been focused largely on feedlot performance.  However, during […]

Even though hot summer days seem weeks away, now is the time to start protecting your herd against heat stress. […]

Dairies have been adopting new technologies for generations.  Our grandparents or great-grandparents may have been among the first in the […]

Cattle lameness affects all segments of the beef industry, including cow-calf operations, stockers, and feedlots. Beef producers want healthy cattle […]

As third and fourth generation phytase enzymes started to be used commonly in feeds, we realized that phytate, the major […]

“What do you think of robotic milkers?” I get this question almost weekly from dairy producers.  I’ll give you my […]

For most hog producers, 2016 was a year to forget. While feed costs actually fell from 2015 (down just over […]

Dairy producers understand the importance of feeding good quality forages.  Feed nutritionists are always looking for ways to use the […]