2012 Spring Calf and Crop Spectacular!

The 2012 Spring Calf and Crop Spectacular, a publication of Tri-State Livestock News, provides valuable information on reproduction, genetics, management, behavior, and health.

Here’s what’s inside this edition:

Range and pasture management

– Use of weed control herbicides.

– Develop a grazing strategy to avoid overgrazing.

– Forage insurance options for ranchers.

– Strategies to test the forages that you have.

– Sampling techniques and methods.

Magagement of Spring animal health

– Proper vaccinations.

– Clincial signals and signs leading to scours.

– Fly control vigilance.

– Proper care for prolaspes when they occur.

Agriculture today

– Taking advantage of cover crops.

– Planting the seed of agriculture in today’s youth.

– Return bull addresses

– Original Outtagrass Cattle Company cartoon penned by Jan Swan Wood.