Choose the weaning protocol that best matches your management style and facilities. This choice can make a big difference in the stress levels of your cows, your calves, and you.
Be prepared to handle and transport cattle appropriately in cold weather. The cold, wet, and windy winter weather presents a different set of challenges.
Selecting beef bulls based on EPDs for carcass traits may be one of the first steps necessary to achieve acceptable results in a beef on dairy crossbreeding program.
Article discussing the blood-borne parasite Theileria orientalis, its transmission by the Asian Longhorned Tick, and considerations when moving cattle.
This video will help the viewer determine the most ideal time for euthanasia, and instruction on how to choose and perform appropriate euthanasia techniques.
Improper handling techniques can cause frozen semen and embryos to decrease in quality. This article can help educate producers on handling frozen reproductive material.
The spring season on beef cattle operations usually means heavy calving as well as preparing the pastures. Here are a few tips that will help keep you prepared and make calving season easier!
Learn the details and find educational resources on the FSMA Animal Feed Rule, including videos and training opportunities that address requirements, exemptions, and deadlines of the rule.
Backgrounding is a beef production system that involves maximal use of pasture and forages from the time calves are weaned until they are placed in a feedlot.
In Pennsylvania, livestock slaughtered can be "Inspected" or "Custom." Meat from livestock harvested under custom slaughter is exempt from inspection but cannot be sold, donated, or given away.