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/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-articles/2024/06/products-services
A directory to suppliers providing products, services.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-articles/2024/10/health-husbandry
Pregnancy-testing the herd is an important management tool that can provide a good metric for herd health and production, evaluate individual cow health status, and influence marketing options for open cows. Preg-testing early provides additional benefits.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-articles/2024/06/health-husbandry
Author Brad White shares points to consider when reviewing health plans in this month’s “Health & Husbandry” column.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-articles/2024/09/healthhusbandry
Author Brad White explains the concept of front-loading your calving season and why it matters in this edition of “Health & Husbandry.”
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-articles/2023/03/from-the-editor
Don’t make your veterinarian play catch-up. Develop a veterinary-client-patient relationship (VCPR) to help your veterinarian help you design a herd health program focused on prevention rather than treatment.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin
Welcome to the Angus Beef Bulletin, the commercial cattleman’s Angus connection. Find the information you need to make the most of your investment in Angus genetics. The Angus Beef Bulletin provides news and information on health, genetics, nutrition, marketing and management through a variety of media, including the Angus Beef Bulletin magazine, the Angus Beef Bulletin EXTRA electronic newsletter and the Angus At Work podcast.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/our-media/feeder-calf-marketing-guide
The Feeder-Calf Marketing Guide is a resource to help cattlemen using registered-Angus genetics profit in the quality-beef supply chain. Articles provide insight for raising quality calves, leveraging Angus programs and services and navigating today’s feeder-calf market. Directories help connect to seedstock providers, feedlots, auction markets, and the products and services needed to produce quality calves.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/our-media/industry-insights
Angus Media, CattleFax collaborate to conduct two industrywide surveys to provide unbiased look at feedlot and cow-calf segments, assess sentiment toward Angus genetics.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/topics/health
Angus Beef Bulletin Health topic page providing links to stories on vaccination protocols, treatments, disease detection and more.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-articles/2023/03/stop-reproductive-failure
Higher input costs, calf prices double incentive to investigate cause of open cows.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-angus-at-work/2024/q2/brd-an-ounce-of-prevention
This episode of Angus At Work focuses on bovine respiratory disease (BRD) prevention. D.L. Step of Boehringer Ingelheim and Dave Sjeklocha with Merck discuss their top tips for managing your herd and feeder calves to prevent disease issues with host Shauna Hermel.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-angus-at-work/2024/q3/maximizing-labor-with-sensehub-feedlot
In this episode of Angus At Work, host Shauna Hermel chats with Jason Nickell of Merck Animal Health about SenseHub Feedlot, a cattle tag designed to capture individual behavioral and biometric data, including body temperature and activity.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-angus-at-work/2024/q4/targeting-disease-with-medgene-labs
When we our staff had the opportunity to interview a Kansas veterinarian at Angus Convention about a company working to provide effective vaccinations for immediate animal health concerns, we knew we had to bring you the information in this “Angus at Work” podcast.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-angus-at-work/2023/q3/prevent-pinkeye-pain-for-your-cattle
Angus Beef Bulletin intern Taylor Edwards discusses pinkeye — how to identify the problem, how to treat it and how to prevent the infection — with Kansas State University veterinarian Brad White for this episode of Angus At Work.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-extra/2023/12/hn_caring-for-bulls-in-the-winter
K-State beef cattle experts share how to best manage bulls during this season.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-extra/2023/12/hn_many-reasons-for-open-cows
Diseases to test for when cows come in open.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-extra/2023/12/hn_cotton-byproducts-aid-reproduction-in-beef-cows
Cottonseed and its byproducts contain a high amount of calcium and help fill in nutrient gaps left by other feed ingredients.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-extra/2023/11/hn_managing-tick-related-sickness-in-the-herd
Speaking on a recent Cattle Chat podcast, K-State veterinarian Brad White said anaplasmosis is a blood-borne pathogen carried primarily by ticks and can affect cattle in certain regions of the country.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-extra/2023/12/fp_cattle-nutrition-is-vital-to-the-immune-system
How cultivating immunity via nutrition <span class="roman">in utero</span> can influence lifelong health.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-extra/old-most-accessed/0218hn_dealing-with-broken-bones-in-calves
Occasionally cattle suffer fractures, and it’s generally a leg bone. Often it’s a young calf, and the fractured limb can be cast or splinted.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-extra/2023/12/fp_market-predictions-keeping-up-with-your-cows-top-stories-of-2023
What cattlemen found valuable this year.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-extra/old-most-accessed/1114hn_castrating-larger-calves
There are several tools and methods for banding large calves. According to Randall Raymond, director of research and veterinary services at Simplot Livestock, all of them work reasonably well.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-extra/2023/12/hn_cotton-byproducts-in-beef-cattle-rations
The benefits of cottonseed for cow-calf operations.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-extra/old-most-accessed/mg_managing-bulls-in-the-off-season
Give bulls the proper care so they are ready to work.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-extra/2023/12/hn_considerations-of-urea-use-in-cattle-rations
How to use urea in rations for growing and mature cattle.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-extra/old-most-accessed/0912mg_drought-can-cause-early-calving
In drought, watch fall-calving cows early, says MU veterinarian who studies nitrates.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-extra/old-most-accessed/hn_study-looks-at-ingested-net-wrap-in-cattle
Usually, cattle eat the hay or straw and leave the twines/wrap, which can be gathered later. In some instances, however, cattle have become fatally impacted after ingesting twines or net wrap. Net wrap seems to be the most hazardous of the two.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-extra/2023/11/hn_winter-cow-syndrome
Who is vulnerable, and how to remedy the situation when cows lose weight due to Winter Syndrome during winter.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-extra/2023/11/fp_backgrounding-calves
Managing a backgrounding operation may offer an easier way to get started in the cattle business.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-extra/2023/12/fp_the-survey-says
What do commercial cattlemen pay for bulls, and how does that correlate to calf value? Are commercial herds planning to rebuild? What incentivizes feedlots to buy — and to pay a premium — on a set of calves? Angus Media, CattleFax gather insights on current management, future intentions of cow-calf and feedlot sectors.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-extra/2023/12/mk_wheres-the-ka-ching
High fed-cattle prices but narrow margins — a few strategies to consider to protect your bottom line.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-extra/2024/06/hn_theileria-orientalis-ikeda-an-emerging-risk-in-cattle
A new tickborne infection mimics anaplasmosis, but affects a larger age range of cattle.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-extra/2024/08/hn_managing-pinkeye-in-cattle
Larger-than-usual numbers of flies could spell trouble for pinkeye cases.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-extra/2024/09/hn_hunters-urged-to-practice-biosecurity
Be aware of HPAI in game fowl, and take precautions to prevent transmission.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-extra/2024/09/hn_researcher-explores-machine-learnings-role-in-predicting-brd-case-outcomes
K-State graduate student Lilli Heinen provides an update on her research concerning machine-learned predictive models and their role in minimizing the financial ramifications of bovine respiratory disease cases in feedlots.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-extra/2024/09/fp_veterinary-science-certificate-program-makes-job-ready-graduates
High school pathway program offers students the chance to graduate as a certified veterinary assistant and immediately enter the workforce.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-extra/2024/09/fp_breeding-soundness-exams
A true breeding soundness exam is more than a semen test. It's an examination of physical and reproductive ability.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-extra/2024/08/hn_preventing-and-treating-pinkeye-in-your-herd
Looking for guidelines relating to identifying, treating and preventing pinkeye? We’ve got you covered. We pulled tips from Brad White, Kansas State University veterinarian with the Beef Cattle Institute, in an episode of Angus At Work, a podcast for the profit-minded cattleman.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-extra/2024/09/mg_gizmos-gadgets
This edition of “Gizmos & Gadgets” features a pickup truck built for ranchers, an oral drench for calf scours, a self-propelled forage harvester, a commercially available nitrogen fertilizer, and a telehandler with new safety features.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-extra/2024/08/hn_dealing-with-snakebite
How to treat snakebitten animals.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-extra/2024/07/fenceline-weaning-reduces-stress-and-illness-in-calves
Ranchers have found better ways to wean than putting calves in a corral and taking the cows away. Jon and Breezy Millar have been fenceline-weaning their calves since 2012.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-extra/2024/07/properly-curing-hay-is-crucial-for-forage-quality
Properly curing hay to the correct moisture level for baling is crucial to maintaining forage quality.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-extra/2024/08/fp_from-the-field
Regional managers Rod Geppert, Casey Jentz and Kurt Kangas share tips for how to prepare for the unexpected.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-extra/2024/07/be-aware-of-toxic-cyanobacteria
Cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae, can produce toxins that are harmful to livestock, wildlife and people.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-extra/2024/08/hn_how-hair-shedding-scores-can-help-select-cattle-for-heat-stress
Two new guides help producers visually select cattle with heat tolerance.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-extra/2024/10/gizmos-gadgets
This edition features cattle reproductive remote monitoring technology, a compostable net wrap for bales, a diverse and high-tonnage forage seed mix and a well-known brand’s first midi excavator.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-extra/2024/09/fp_aaw-technology-finds-sick-calves-faster
SenseHub Feedlot offers option to detect disease, helping cattlemen pinpoint concerns earlier, says Jason Nickell in “Angus at Work” episode.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-extra/2024/10/hn_ringworm-in-cattle-unsightly-but-temporary
Tips for managing a common problem in young cattle.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-extra/2024/09/mg_biosecurity-basics-and-beyond-ensuring-your-operations-future
A biosecurity plan protects your animals, the industry and your bottom line.
