If high temperatures aren’t affecting your dairy clients’ herds yet–they will at some point. The resulting heat stress can reduce cow productivity, increase mortality, affect milk quality and impact overall health, according to Lance Baumgard, Ph.D., professor at Iowa State University. He reports that heat stress in the […]
The saying, ‘You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude towards what happens to you,’ rings true when you think about paying that skyrocketing feed bill. Like it or not, feed prices have dramatically risen year-over-year, and leading experts advise producers to gain […]
As the weather warms up and animals are readied for grazing, start the season off right by surveying your pastures to ensure they are optimized for success. Meaghan Anderson is a field agronomist and Extension field specialist at Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. As part of her […]
The Aberdeen Angus, sometimes simply Angus, is a Scottish breed of small beef cattle. It derives from cattle native to the counties of Aberdeenshire and Angus in north-eastern Scotland. Aberdeen Angus cattle have been recorded in Scotland since at least the 16th century in the country’s northeast. In […]
Thanks to the Trump Administration’s delisting of wolves, Wyoming, Montana and Idaho had the chance to lead in the management of wolf recovery, and in the process prove that Western states could, and should, take back forest and wildlife public lands management from the feds. Instead they promptly […]
Dairy cows are bred for their ability to produce milk from which dairy foods are made. While there are many different breeds of cows, in the U.S., there are seven different dairy cow breeds: Ayrshire, Brown Swiss, Guernsey, Holstein, Jersey, Milking Shorthorn, Red & White. Dairy farming has […]
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