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Understanding Food Labels
Walking into the grocery store and reading: Organic Antibiotic Free Hormone Free All natural Non-GMO Grass Fed But, knowing ALL of the...
Leslie and Lexi
Mar 24, 20223 min read


Calving Complications
Calving complications can be detrimental to an operation's success. However, with proper procedures and protocol, the fatality rate due...

Leslie Graham
Mar 23, 20224 min read


The Babies Are Coming!
There are some key things to note when managing a bred cow herd through calving. Management practices can be measured using the GOLD...

Leslie
Mar 22, 20222 min read


What's In The Beef?
It is important to understand what is in the food you are consuming. There are many misleading articles that lead people to believe that...

Leslie
Jan 11, 20221 min read


CHO CHO Train- Carbohydrate Metabolism
Carbohydrates are the main energy source for ruminants. Carbohydrates (CHO) can be classified into simple carbohydrates with 2 or fewer...

Leslie
Jan 5, 20222 min read


Why Chelate Minerals?
I have mentioned briefly in other blog posts about chelated (organic) minerals but would like to explain further the differences and...

Leslie
Dec 17, 20212 min read


Horse Nutrition Products
Time to switch gears for a few minutes. I have been talking about cattle and ruminant nutrition for the majority of these blog posts....

Leslie
Dec 14, 20212 min read


Protein Digestion
This is an overview of how protein sources are broken down in ruminants and how the protein building blocks are utilized. This is a very...

Leslie
Nov 16, 20212 min read


The Cattle Are Coming Home
I apologize for being absent from the website and facebook over the last few weeks, things have been pretty hectic. We started filling...

Leslie
Nov 15, 20212 min read


First Trimester- Mineral Management
Breeding season is over and bulls are pulled; so put the mineral feeders away, right? WAIT! Hear me out. The first trimester is a very...

Leslie
Sep 29, 20211 min read


The Four Chambered Stomach
I have been writing blog posts with lots of scientific information so I wanted to back it up and give a basic overview of ruminant...

Leslie
Sep 9, 20212 min read


Where to Look!- Reading a Feed Analysis
Here is an example of a feed analysis performed on lentil bales. Feed analysis sheets are very complicated with a lot of abbreviations....

Leslie
Aug 31, 20212 min read


That's Gotta Hurt!- NSAIDs
Dehorning, castration, and other painful procedures are performed on cattle, especially on feedlot induction. There are many methods to...

Leslie
Aug 27, 20212 min read


Alternative Feed Sources
I had the pleasure of being a part of many webinars and conferences this week put on by JJM Nutrition Consulting, Merch, and Ag-West Bio....

Leslie
Aug 26, 20212 min read


Replacement Heifer Management
Heifer development programs are very important aspects that affect ones ability to breed and calve. When selecting replacement heifers,...

Leslie
Aug 18, 20212 min read


Pink Eyes and Face Flies
Morexella Bovis is the most common bacteria that causes pink eye in cattle. The bacteria infects the eyes of cattle with compromised...

Leslie
Jul 28, 20212 min read


The Silent Killer- Kochia Weed
With small showers and the heat rising, the crops are happy and really starting to grow! Corn is good at collecting any moisture we get...

Leslie
Jun 28, 20211 min read


"Hot Stuff Coming Through" ~ Matt Mcqueen
Branding season is in full swing! Thank you to everyone for coming out to help out with the small branding we did, only 320ish left to...

Leslie
Jun 20, 20211 min read


Kick the Dust up
With rising temperatures, moisture is declining and dust is rapidly increasing. Dust in a feedlot can be harmful to the cattle. There are...

Leslie
May 18, 20211 min read


High Stress All Around
With over 300 babies on the ground, it makes moving these cattle quite stressful for everyone involved. Moving mass numbers like this to...

Leslie
May 7, 20212 min read
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