Owners and managers of feedlots should conduct their own assessment of late-term death risk for cattle they might consider feeding longer. Some ideas are presented at the end of this article.

The report includes a bonus page about TGEV, including details on four years without a single positive case. More than 176,000 cases were submitted across six VDLs, with more than 500,000 RT-PCRs performed and not a single PCR-positive TGEV case.

In the absence of an obvious epidemic, many farmers are hesitant to collaborate with government agencies for surveillance programs due to past negative experiences or fears of economic losses.

The secondary magnesium (Mg) deficiency referred to as grass tetany is often associated with “going to grass” when cows are grazing lush, cool-season grasses, including small cereals and bromegrass.

Over the last few months, I have been able to talk with a lot of cattle producers at Extension programs.

For the past 81 years, faculty and staff at the University of Florida Range Cattle Research and Education Center have hosted Ona Field Day to update ranchers and land managers with the latest scientific information.

The herd rebuild could be here.

“Bred heifers should have been pregnancy-checked within 90 days after the beginning of the breeding season as well as within 30 days prior to sale,” says Davis.

The study found that frequent calf introductions and purchasing animals from auctions or calf dealers were the two biggest risk factors for S. Dublin in dairy-beef farms.

Despite widespread layoffs across federal agencies, including USDA, the Food Safety and Inspection Service remains able to hire, according to FSIS Administrator Denise Eblen. Speaking at the Southwest Meat Association’s Meat, Education, Advocacy & Technology Forum in Arlington, Texas, this week, Eblen reassured attendees about staffing concerns, emphasizing that FSIS remains fully capable of maintaining