American Cattlemen July 2021

This issue brings you:
  • An Evolution of Sorts
  • Co-Species Grazing - A Forgotten Pasture Management Tool
  • Summer Hydration - Ways To Minimize Heat Stress and Dehydration
  • Controlling BVD Takes A Multifaceted Approach
  • Advancing The Future of the Cattle Industry through Technology
  • A Growing Enterprise

A Growing Enterprise

A Growing Enterprise. By Maura Keller. Imagine partnering with a full integrated cattle company that covers the entire gamut of beef cattle production—from seedstock to feed lot to packing plant, and finally to meat sales. Enter NextGen Cattle Company, a Paxico, Kansas-based entity that is...

Advancing the Future of the Cattle Industry Through Technology

Advancing the Future of the Cattle Industry Through Technology. By Dr. Deidre Martin. Photography by Landon Rowe and Josie Smith. "You can’t manage what you don’t measure” is a statement that holds true every day to Doug Hicks as he works with the cattle at the Beef Unit at the Abraham...

Co-Species Grazing – A Forgotten Pasture Management Tool

Co-Species Grazing – A Forgotten Pasture Management Tool. By Jaclyn Krymowski. Co-species grazing (or co-grazing) different livestock in the same pasture, or rotating them through different paddocks, is nothing new at all. Arguably, we’ve been doing it nearly as long as we’ve tended...

An Evolution of Sorts

An Evolution of Sorts. By Maura Keller. Creep feeding has long been a mainstay across ranches and farms as producers strive to supplement the diet of young cattle with nutrient dense and palatable feed that adult animals can’t access. According to Apache Equipment, which offers a series of creep...

American Cattlemen June 2021

This issue brings you:
  • Effective Fly Control
  • Treating Calf Diarrhea - Dealing with Dehydration
  • Cancer Eye – An Ugly Issue
  • Altosid® IGR Effectively Controls Horn Fly Poplulations
  • The Countdown is on for Empire Farm Days
  • The Future of Weighing Livestock is Here and it doesn’t Include Scales
  • 5 Factors to Consider when Purchasing a Livestock Scale
  • Legal for Trade Livestock Scales at County Fairs
  • Hue Fussell had a Problem. Flies.

Hue Fussell Had A Problem. Flies.

Hue Fussell Had A Problem. Flies. Article courtesy of Fussell Farms. Hue is a cattle farmer in Georgia, and every year his cattle were swarmed by flies. Sprays, ear tags, minerals … they all worked to a degree but none fully solved the problem, and each came with downsides.“I wonder if I could...

Cancer Eye – An Ugly Issue

Cancer Eye – An Ugly Issue. By Jaclyn Krymowski. It’s one of the most unglamourous plagues your cattle might suffer – cancer eye, the layman’s term for ocular neoplasia, which is a type of bovine leukosis. While it’s certainly not the only eye-related afflictions impacting...