Staying Ahead of the Herd with Technology

Staying Ahead of the Herd with TechnologyArticle and photography by Elizabeth Parks, ABAC Agricultural Communication studentContributor: Dr. Deidre MartinA combination of instinct and herd mentality allowed the cattle at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Tifton, Georgia, to quickly grow accustomed to the...

Protein Supplements May Be Needed for Mature, Dry Forages

Protein Supplements May Be Needed for Mature, Dry Forages. By Heather Smith Thomas. In fall and winter, most pastures are low in protein (unless fall rains stimulated new growth).  Many stockmen extend grazing as long as possible into winter because winter feeding is the most expensive aspect of raising...

Fall Run: Feed & Nutrition

Fall Run: Feed & Nutrition.  Article by Craig Belknap, MS, PAS – Diamond V Beef Business & Technical Manager and Zeb Gray, PhD, PAS – Diamond V Technical Feedlot Specialist. It is that time of year when spring calves will be weaned, and new cattle will be entering stocker and feedlot...

Portable Ultrasound Has Many Uses for the Beef Industry

Portable Ultrasound Has Many Uses for the Beef Industry. By Heather Smith Thomas E.I. Medical Imaging has been the only company manufacturing animal-specific portable ultrasound systems in the U.S. since 1984. Most products in the veterinary field are rebranded from the human medical industry or manufactured...

Endovac-Beef

Endovac-Beef. By Dr. John Chalstrom, Ph.D. Endovac-Beef is unlike any other product you have ever given to cattle.” These are the enthusiastic words of Joe Scott, Director of Sales and Market Development as he discusses immunostimulants available for cattle producers through his Missouri based company....

Backgrounding Calves

Backgrounding Calves.  By Heather Smith Thomas. Some ranchers hold calves over winter to sell as yearlings.  Some buy light calves in the spring to put on grass and grow to larger weight.  Some put weaned calves into a confinement program, feeding a growing ration until they are ready to go to a...

Controlling BVD Takes a Multifaceted Approach

Controlling BVD Takes a Multifaceted Approach.  Article and photos courtesy of Central State Testing. BVD is known to be one of the most economically detrimental diseases we face in the cattle industry. Every year, calves Persistently Infected with BVDV cost the beef industry an estimated $1.5 to $2.5...

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...