What the Feed Tag Says
Winterizing Your ATVs
It's the time of year when many ranchers are preparing their ATVs, side-by-sides and other off-road vehicles for the winter. Your owner's manual includes a complete maintenance schedule, but some owners don't follow it closely, and there are other tips that can help keep your riding experience pleasurable and safe for a long time to come.
Preventing Pink Eye
The best way to keep pinkeye out of your cattle herd continues to be through vigilance and sound management.
The Highest Market
Estate Planning for Landowners
Minimizing Cattle Handling Stress
Have You Properly Structured Your Ag Debt?
Having debt, repayment, and loan terms tied directly to the asset being financed is prudent for you and your lender.
Rodent Control on the Farm
Knowing Your Local Extension Office
Extension in the United States
The Cooperative Extension System is a nationwide, non-credit educational network. Each U.S. state and territory has a state office at its land-grant university and a network of local or regional offices. These offices are staffed by one or more experts who provide useful, practical and research-based information to agricultural producers, small business owners, youth, consumers and others in rural areas and communities of all sizes.(1)
Value in Vaccinations
A good herd vaccination program can be the difference between making and losing money. “Disease prevention is of utmost importance in a cow-calf operation, because it is a low profit margin enterprise,” said Dr. Craig Payne, University of Missouri Extension Veterinarian. But while producers can use information about vaccines to evaluate their herd health programs, Payne said there’s no substitute for the advice of your local veterinarian: “The local veterinarian understands the predominant diseases in a particular area and has the ability to design a vaccination program that is tailor-made for the needs of each operation.”
