Livestock

Storing Hay For Winter: Tips for Minimizing Moisture and Spoilage

Storing Hay For Winter: Tips for Minimizing Moisture and Spoilage. By Heather Smith Thomas. Ranchers need to plan ahead regarding winter forage supplies, and this includes finding ways to store hay to help preserve quality and reduce moisture damage.  Many folks put up hay in big round bales, but...

Dos and Don’ts for Summertime Cattle Comfort

Dos and Don’ts for Summertime Cattle Comfort. Article courtesy of Central Life Sciences.We all know that temperatures above 80 degrees can be a struggle for animals and humans alike. During the summer months, the high temperatures can bring stress to your cattle, who don’t sweat as effectively and...

Fall Fencing

Fall Fencing. By Jaclyn Krymowski.Pasture management plays an important role in providing an adequate place to graze cattle. Maintaining both the fencing and the pasture is crucial to a successful system. Good pasture management is a practice and a mindset that can be accomplished in a variety of different ways...

Rawhide Portable Corrals: Continuous Improvement

Rawhide Portable Corrals: Continuous Improvement. By Maura Keller.When innovative companies and their founders develop ingenious products that will improve the end users’ lives through streamlined efficiencies and state-of-the-art functionality, those companies are eager to get their product into the hands...

The Added Benefits of Hay

The Added Benefits of Hay. By Maura Keller. Growing and maintaining a solid hay product to sell and feed to livestock is part art and part science – just ask the experts at Energy Curve Technology in Harrisonville, MO.With more than 70 years of combined experience of agricultural know-how, the team at...

Should You Invest in Cattle Facilities for Your Operation?

Should You Invest in Cattle Facilities for Your Operation? By Jessica Graham. In the cattle industry we’re always trying to stay up-to-date and improve our profitability and operations. We take a portion of our profits and we reinvest it back into our herd, ranch, and farm. One of the ways some...

Mishima Reserve: Making a Name for Themselves

Mishima Reserve: Making a Name for Themselves. By Maura Keller.Walk into any fine dining restaurant dotting the U.S. and you’re bound to see one of consumers’ favorite beef selections on the menu: wagyu beef. Providing an exceptional quality of flavor and tenderness that consumers have come to love,...

Rawhide Portable Corrals: A Turning Point

Rawhide Portable Corrals: A Turning Point. By Maura Keller.When John McDonald, founder and owner of Rawhide Portable Corral first introduced his Rawhide Original portable corral nearly 21 years ago, his ultimate vision was to introduce an efficient, streamlined corral system that would ease the corral set-up and...

Practical Security Points for the Ranch

Practical Security Points for the Ranch. By Jaclyn Krymowski. Sufficient ranch security can be defined in many ways. Historically, rural areas have felt security with relatively low-input measures such as a farm dog or latched gate. But in an age of cyber hackers, agroterroism and desperate criminals, farms...

Cattle and Greenhouse Gases: Fact, Fiction and the Industry

Cattle and Greenhouse Gases: Fact, Fiction and the Industry. By Jaclyn Krymowski. A recurring subject in animal agriculture that is all too familiar is greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, especially methane and carbon dioxide (CO2). As irritating as the misinformation and ongoing conversations can be, this...

Spring Pasture Improvement Strategies

Spring Pasture Improvement Strategies. By Maura Keller.As the winter snows continue to blanket many pastures and grazing areas, some areas are beginning to see seedlings of perennial forges emerge as the ground begins to thaw and snow coverage begins to recede. And it is at this time that dairy producers and...

Creep Feeding: When and How to Make it Work.

Creep Feeding: When and How to Make it Work. Article courtesy of Behlen Country. The National Weather Service is predicting a continuation of drought conditions for much of the western and southern parts of the US for the next few months.  Not the optimal grazing conditions many of us were hoping for...

Which Squeeze Chute Is Your Best Option - Hydraulic or Manual?

Which Squeeze Chute Is Your Best Option - Hydraulic or Manual?By Janelle HulmeBuying a new squeeze chute is exciting. It means you are upgrading or adding cattle equipment to your operation and increasing efficiency. Innovation and technology in the industry have drastically improved the products available and given...

Lifelong Learning Opportunities

Lifelong Learning Opportunities. By Maura Keller. Today’s agricultural educational programs are far more learner centered, innovative and relevant to immediate student needs than ever before. Whether you are looking for a week-long seminar to enhance specific skills or a full-length degree program that...

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...

Keep Biosecurity Simple and Realistic

Keep Biosecurity Simple and Realistic  By Jaclyn Krymowski.The Oxford dictionary definition of “biosecurity” is procedures intended to protect humans or animals against disease or other biological agents. A broad term, it brings many different ideas to mind for different people. Often it is associated...

The Stampede Toward 3D Technology Has Begun With The Most Advanced And Efficient Precision Weighing System In The Industry

The Stampede Toward 3D Technology Has Begun With The Most Advanced And Efficient Precision Weighing System In The Industry.  Introducing The ClicRweight® Bovine Solution. It’s A Game Changer! Article and photos courtesy of ClicRtechnologies™The ClicRweight® Bovine Solution is a...

Finding Opportunities while Adapting to Change

Finding Opportunities while Adapting to Change. By Aleeya Laureola. When a global pandemic happens, it is perfectly normal for anyone to become anxious about what the future has in store. These are unprecedented times that require everyone to be more cautious in all aspects for the coming months. However, in...

Sometimes - You Just have to say “You’re Right”

Sometimes - You Just have to say “You’re Right”.  By Larry Myers – Strobel Manufacturing. Jillian was 18 years old and off to college.Having grown up on a family-owned feedyard in rural Northwest Oklahoma, her family fully expected her to quickly adjust to life in the big city and...

Top 12 Things to Consider Before Building a Cattle Handling Facility

 Top 12 Things to Consider Before Building a Cattle Handling Facility. By Robert Wells, Livestock Consultant The cattle handling facility is at the heart of most every ranch. The quality of the facility and its ease of use can determine the enjoyment or frustration of use and dictate how often you work...

The Most Important Economic Trait…

 The Most Important Economic Trait… By Kit Pharo - Pharo Cattle Company. If profit is the goal, then fertility is by far the most important trait cow-calf producers should be selecting for.   Studies have shown that reproductive traits are twice as important as growth traits which are...

Stepping Up to The New Age of Cattle Handling & Equipment

 Stepping Up to The New Age of Cattle Handling & Equipment By Aleeya Laureola.Henry Ford once said, “If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you always got.” Who do you think the legendary car manufacturer was talking to? If we didn’t know any better...

What ATV/UTV is Best For You

 What ATV/UTV is Best For You Whether you’re riding fences, hauling supplies, checking the herd, or reseeding an open pasture spot an ATV is an ideal tool for the ranch and farm owner needing to reach remote areas. And just as the work on your operation can vary, so does the equipment needed to carry...

Taking Predator Control into Consideration

 Taking Predator Control into Consideration. By Jaclyn Krymowski For as long as humans have kept domestic animals, there we’ve had conflicts with whatever local wildlife we must inevitably coincide with. Although we have modernized and found better ways to protect our livestock than primitive...

Reputation for High Quality Agriculutural Products Equals another Growth Spurt for Precast Concrete Company

 Reputation for High Quality Agriculutural Products Equals another Growth Spurt for Precast Concrete Company.  Article courtesy of The Concrete Works LLC. The Concrete Works LLC, precast manufacturer of concrete feed bunks and water tanks, is expanding for the fourth time in its history, to accommodate...

Bull Costs

 Bull Costs  Written by James Coffelt from Ohio Land and Cattle Bull costs are a big deal. Keep the costs down. I had the pleasure of spending 4 days in New Zealand with Gavin and Willie Falloon, of Pinebank fame. He has 800 head, and designed a breeding program with a genetesis 65 years ago. He said...

Is Wet Wrapping Worth It?

Is Wet Wrapping Worth It?  By Jaclyn Krymowski Not all forages are created equal, in terms of both nutritional value and cost effectiveness. If it’s not something you’re in the habit of doing, sometimes branching out can really pay off. This is especially true if seasonality and weather...

Get Started With Mix 30 Today

 Get Started With Mix 30 Today  Article provided by AgridyneIf you raise ruminant livestock, then you will want to consider adding MIX 30 to your nutritional program. It has many advantages from a feeding standpoint, but also from an economic point of view and it is easy to purchase and feed Mix 30 is not...

The Gallagher Group’s Efforts to Making Livestock Safe and Healthy

Whether you run a small outfit or an expansive ranch, keeping track of livestock can be challenging. But with the right equipment, it is possible. Enter the Gallagher Group, a company has consistently led the way in innovative animal management systems. The Gallagher Group pioneered New Zealand’s first electric...

Change is Good

The subject of ‘change’ seems to be a constant theme around here. And while change may conjure up uncertain thoughts and emotions, for us at Heartland Communications and the Livestock Media Group this change represents an exciting time of both business and personal growth. With that said, the change I...

RJL ENTERPRISES

Delivering Quality Livestock EquipmentBy Steve WeismanWith a philosophy and tagline of “Quality Livestock Equipment, From Our Family to Yours,” Bob Lantis, owner of RJL Enterprises (www.rjlenterprisesllc.com), a central Nebraska livestock equipment distributor, is focused on continuing the company’s...

Powder River:Leadership in Livestock Handling Equipment

Today as ranchers we enjoy the benefits of modern steel livestock handling equipment. Before the current century, you could most likely count the major developments in cattle handling on one hand. Arguably, the most significant of these developments occurred in the late 1930s. A welding shop owner in Baker, Oregon,...

A Winning Investment:Rice Lake livestock scales equip cattle farmers with maximum profits.

“Nothing else on the farm —whether it’s a livestock handling system, tractor or truck —will give a producer the same payback and the same value as a Rice Lake livestock scale.”— David Bryant, owner, Smoky Mountain Cattle ConsultingIt takes a special breed to be a farmer. One must...

Guest Editorial: WTO Decides COOL Violates US Law

The title pretty much says it all, and for all intents it comes as no surprise. In October, the WTO publicly released their awaited opinion from the dispute settlement body on the US Country of Origin Labeling rule. The rule, placed into effect in 2008 requiring all beef be labeled as to its origin, was found not to...

Priefert A Legacy of Innovation.

Few families have influenced the livestock handling industry as significantly as the Priefert family from Mount Pleasant, Texas. For half a century, the Prieferts have been designing, building, and marketing cattle handling equipment, and, in the process, changing the way the American rancher handles cattle. Marvin...