Producers need to monitor temperature, humidity and airflow during summer months to reduce the risk of livestock heat stress. This page is a resource to help beef cattle producers with monitoring and managing these high Temperature Humidity Index (THI) events. Heat Management Webinar Heat Stress Mitigation – Dr. Terry Mader, University of Nebraska-Lincoln – Professor Emeritus Key [...]
– Michelle Arnold, DVM (Ruminant Extension Veterinarian, UKVDL), University of Kentucky Figure 1: Corneal ulceration in the early stages of pinkeye. Photo from Veterinary Clinics of North America, Food Animal Practice 26 (2010), page 489. Infectious Bovine Keratoconjunctivitis (IBK) or “Pinkeye” is a costly and exasperating disease for the beef producer and industry. A field [...]
– Jimmy Henning, Extension Professor, University of Kentucky (modified from Forage Doctor column, The Farmers Pride – Nov.16, 2017) There are wrong ways to do right things. Repeated use of products like triple-10 (10-10-10) or triple-19 (19-19-19) on hay fields can ultimately make that field unresponsive to the fertilizer that is applied. Don’t get me [...]
– Kent McGuire – OSU Ag Safety and Health Coordinator There are many activities during the summer that involve working with livestock. No matter if you are moving animals to different pastures, providing veterinary care, or youth working with 4H animals for the fair, safety should be a priority when handling livestock. Animal behavior can [...]
– Dr. Andrew Griffith, Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Tennessee FED CATTLE: Fed cattle trade was not well established at press. Asking prices on a live basis were mainly $115 to $117 while bid prices were mainly $110. The 5-area weighted average prices thru Thursday were $110.81 live, down $3.44 [...]
– Chris Penrose, OSU ANR Extension Educator, Morgan County and Dan Lima, OSU ANR Extension Educator, Belmont County With the limited opportunities and short windows many have had to make hay so far this year, some hay may have been made at higher moisture levels than we would like. Moisture levels have a direct effect [...]
– Dwight Lingenfelter, Penn State Extension Associate, Weed Science It’s the right time to be scouting and managing multiflora rose in your pasture. Photo credit: Penn State Extension As spring progresses, multiflora rose aggressively grows and eventually blooms in late May/early June. Several tactics can be used to control this problem weed and these methods [...]
– Lew Strickland, Extension Veterinarian, University Of Tennessee One of the questions that I hear the most concerning castration is; when should I castrate my calves Doc? Many producers will castrate their calves when they are two or three days old, which is my preferred period. Castration should occur when the calf is rather young. [...]
– Brady Campbell, Program Coordinator, OSU Sheep Team, with DeVaughn Davis, Nathaniel Kinney, Kristy Payne, Dalton Shipley, OSU Animal Science Undergraduate Students While this grazing project was conducted with small ruminants, it also relates easily to pasture management of beef cattle. Another school year has passed and I am happy to say that I have [...]
– David P. Anderson, Professor and Extension Economist, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Cattle slaughter surged over the last 6 weeks with weekly slaughter over 650,000 head every week since the first of May, except the Memorial Day shortened week. Total cattle slaughter is up about 9 percent compared to the same period a year [...]
