American Cattlemen July 2020

This issue brings you:
  • Cattlemen Showring
  • Battling Flies
  • 8 Reasons to Install Livestock Scales in your Cow/Calf Operation
  • Meeks Farm: Utilizing Winter-long Grazing
  • Convenience Traits are Important
  • Strategically Creep Feeding

Strategically Creep Feeding

 Strategically Creep Feeding. By Jaclyn Krymowski. Feed, a primary expense in the livestock business, brings plenty of difficult decisions. Producers want to maintain maximal efficiency on this limited and costly resource. A primal area where you can make or break these goals is in youngstock, namely...

8 Reasons to Install Livestock Scales in your Cow/Calf Operation

 8 Reasons to Install Livestock Scales in your Cow/Calf Operation By Kevin Hill Cow/Calf management consists of several critical tasks and weighing animals accurately is one of them. It is imperative that you stay up-to-date with all the details pertaining to individual animals. To achieve this, you...

American Cattlemen June 2020

This issue brings you:
  • Thoughts From a Cattlemen
  • Pasture Weed Management
  • Finding Opportunities While Adapting to Change
  • Heat Stress is a Bigger Deal than you Think
  • Net Wrap vs. Twine

Net Wrap vs. Twine

Net Wrap vs. Twine By Dr. Bruce Anderson, Extension Forage Specialist University of Nebraska. To wrap or not to wrap, that is the question! Is net wrap a better choice than regular twine? This article will give you some figures to help you decide for yourself. Net wrapping bales aren’t cheap. Equipment...

Thoughts From A Cattlemen

Thoughts From A Cattlemen. Land Stewardship Pays. Article courtesy of  Nichols Farms LTD Dave and Lee Nichols have set an outstanding example for their fellow cattle producers, purchasing abused rolling crop land at significantly lower prices per acre than fertile, well-maintained land. While they...

Sometimes - You Just have to say “You’re Right”

Sometimes - You Just have to say “You’re Right”.  By Larry Myers – Strobel Manufacturing. Jillian was 18 years old and off to college.Having grown up on a family-owned feedyard in rural Northwest Oklahoma, her family fully expected her to quickly adjust to life in the big city and...

American Cattlemen May 2020

This issue brings you:
  • Cattlemen Showring
  • Controlling Flies on Pastured Cattle
  • Top 12 Things to Consider Before Building A Cattle Handling Facility
  • Education Opportunites For Young People Desiring Ag Careers
  • Protecting Herd Health from Cattle Common Diseases
  • Sometimes You Just Have to Say "You're Right"