Rain is a Tricky Thing
We’ve all heard the Luke Bryan song “Rain is a Good Thing”. While it may be a catchy lyric, lack of rain can cause livestock producers to suffer from drought and heat stress issues, while too much rain can leave [...]
A Comment on Rain Damaged Hay
The other day while it was raining cats and dogs outside, a customer asked how that rain would affect his freshly cut alfalfa hay. Unfortunately, rain after cutting and before bailing only decreases the nutritional value of the hay. As [...]
6 Nutritional Strategies to Alleviate Heat Stress in Beef Cattle
Summer has arrived, for livestock producers heat stress is something they face each year. Cattle not well equipped to handle heat stress and are usually grazing or in a feedlot during this time of year. Unlike swine and poultry who [...]
April Snow Showers Bring Stress and Scours
This spring we have had some very untimely snow storms. Some have even been historical, such as the blizzard that hit most of the midwest including Minneapolis as I was traveling to the Montana Nutrition Conference and Livestock Forum. Unfortunately, [...]