American Cattlemen

American Cattlemen July 2023

This Issue Brings You:

Manure Handling in Beef Facilities
Summer Fly Control in Cow-Calf Herds
Creep Feeding Strategies and Tips
Born in the USA: How Cattle Ranchers can prove the Origin of American Beef
Maintaining Your Livestock Scale
Partners in Progress
Mitigating Risk with Cattle Buildings
Elements of Pasture Shelter and Windbreaks
Understanding Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus and BVD-PI Cattle
Shrinking Your Environmental “Hoofprint” on Pasture

Shrinking Your Environmental “Hoofprint” on Pasture

Shrinking Your Environmental “Hoofprint” on Pasture. Article courtesy of Central Life Sciences. Today’s environmentally conscious producer has a lot to worry about, including manure management, wastewater runoff, and proper rotational grazing, not to mention the burden of horn flies....

Understanding Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus (BVDV) and BVD-PI Cattle

Understanding Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus (BVDV) and BVD-PI Cattle. Article and photos courtesy of Central State Testing. Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus (BVDV) is a significant viral pathogen that affects cattle worldwide. Among the various strains of BVDV, cattle persistently infected with BVDV (BVD-PI) play...

Elements of Pasture Shelter and Windbreaks

Elements of Pasture Shelter and Windbreaks. By Jaclyn Krymowski. It’s no secret that most of the cattle in this country deal with some of the most brutal seasonal extremes nature can dish out. This makes your job of protecting them (which often inconveniently coincides with calving) a crucial...

Mitigating Risk with Cattle Buildings: 4 Key Considerations for Success

Mitigating Risk with Cattle Buildings: 4 Key Considerations for Success. Article provided by Accu-Steel, Inc. With input and acreage costs at an all-time high, beef production comes with tighter margins and more business risk than ever. This has prompted many producers to add cattle buildings for a more...

Manure Handling In Beef Facilities

Manure Handling In Beef Facilities. By Heather Smith Thomas. Beef cattle eat a lot of feed and the end product is meat—and manure. Feedlots and other confinement livestock operations need a way to dispose of or make use of wastes from the livestock, old bedding, etc. These "wastes" are...

Born in the USA: how cattle Ranchers can prove the origin of American beef

Born in the USA: How Cattle Ranchers can prove the Origin of American Beef. Article and photos provided by Oritain.The proposed ‘Product of USA’ legislation will be a huge win for American cattle ranchers and producers, opponents suggest it may cost the industry millions of dollars. Could cutting-edge...