American Cattlemen June 2019

This issue brings you:
  • Thoughts from a Cattlemen
  • Cattlemen's Showring
  • Rawhide Portable Corral
  • Gender Selection Technology Grabs Attention of Cattle Industry
  • The Industry Standard in Low Stress Cattle Handling
  • Monitor for Water and Dehydration this Summer
  • Providing Shade for Cattle – the New Normal?
  • Altosid® IGR Effectively Controls Horn Fly Populations
  • 3 Areas of Cattle Comfort

3 Areas of Cattle Comfort

 3 Areas of Cattle Comfort By Bruce Derksen In todays interconnected society, it is important for producers to take note of cattle comfort.  Some might ask- What does it even mean and why should we worry about it?Isn’t it enough that we feed, water and enclose them?  Cattle comfort means...

Providing Shade for Cattle – the New Normal?

 Providing Shade for Cattle – the New Normal? By Larry Myers – Strobel ManufacturingIn the past years at Strobel Manufacturing we’ve noticed some changes.  Three years ago when we really started to promote the Cattle Shade it seemed that it was an experiment . . . and the typical...

Gender Selection Technology Grabs Attention of Cattle Industry.

 Gender Selection Technology Grabs Attention of Cattle Industry.  Sex sorted semen has enjoyed an increasingly popular place in the dairy industry’s reproduction and herd management programs over the past decade and a half. Now the beef industry is embracing sexed semen as producers realize its ability...

Using New Technology for Higher Value Calf Crops

 Using New Technology for Higher Value Calf Crops Written by Craig Bieber • Bieber Red Angus Ranch - Leola, SD This time of year, I often get questions about different sires as cattlemen work to decide which genetics will ensure a higher value in their future calf crop. Everyone’s goals are...

New research confirms AccuMast® is the most accurate on-farm mastitis diagnostic kit

 New research confirms AccuMast® is the most accurate on-farm mastitis diagnostic kit  Article by Tina McDonald - TVM Marketing A University of Illinois research study by Ferreira et al. (2018)* evaluated four commercial on-farm culture methods used to identify clinical mastitis-associated pathogens...

American Cattlemen May 2019

This issue brings you:
  • Thoughts from a Cattlemen
  • Cattlemen's Showring
  • Emplyoment Opportunities for College Graduates
  • Texas A&M International Beef Cattle Academy and the Animal Science Department
  • Gopher General Takes the Mounds out of the Alfalfa
  • Claim the Win in the Fly Control Battle
  • RhinoAg Continues to Build the Best of the Best
  • Remember to Maintain your Haying Equipment

Remember To Maintain Your Haying Equipment

 Remember To Maintain Your Haying Equipment By Jaclyn Krymowski They say “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” in terms of livestock. The same can certainly be said for farm machinery and haying equipment is a prime example. Remember, farm machinery is among your most valuable of...