During Farm Safety week, John Currin, Virginia Tech Extension veterinarian, reminds us: “No matter how long we've done this, we can always learn to do things better. Be open and don't think you know ...

A cow at the Sierra Foothill Research and Extension Center in Browns Valley being tracked as part of research on cattle grazing personalities. (Maggie Creamer/UC Davis) Not all cattle are the same ...

Nomad cows spreading out from the herd to graze at the UC Sierra Foothill Research and Extension Center. (Kristina Horback / UC Davis) Researchers tempted grazing cattle with sweet molasses feed to ...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KRQE) – A New Mexico State University researcher is tracking cattle behavior with GPS technology. Derek Bailey, a professor of range science at NMSU’s College of Agricultural, ...

LAS CRUCES - When Derek Bailey was a child in southern Colorado, he was intrigued by cattle that would climb the steep slopes on his family’s ranch while all the other cattle grazed below. “It was ...

During High Plains Journal’s Cattle U virtual event, held Sept. 8 to 11, 2020, Dr. Tera Rooney Barnhardt, DVM, discussed the best cattle handling practices she teaches cattlemen to apply with their ...

For generations, improvements in cattle handling equipment were based on guesswork. Livestock producers observed cattle behavior, and equipment manufacturers made adjustments, sometimes only to change ...

Also, because temperament and resistance to bovine respiratory disease are both heritable traits, future research will include developing gene-based methods to select calm, stress-tolerant and disease ...

Beef producers can increase the quality of their meat if they selectively breed cattle with good temperaments, new research has suggested. Researchers at the Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial ...

During the summer and especially on days of extreme heat, water becomes even more important for the health and nutrition of the cattle herd. Ensuring an appropriate amount of clean fresh water is ...

Researchers tempted grazing cattle with sweet molasses feed to discover whether cows would roam far and wide to graze or stick close to the herd, water supplies and feed stations. The findings by ...

Researchers tempted grazing cattle with sweet molasses feed to discover whether cows would roam far to graze or stick close to the herd, water supplies and feed stations. Researchers tempted grazing ...