I have been home for Christmas break for little more than a week and we have already had a few calves born. I love calving season and working with the cow-calf herd. Luckily we have been having pretty good weather considering it is late December. Our cattle auction had a special cow sale on the […]
This is a paper I wrote covering the effects of grazing tall fescue on cattle. I learned a lot on the topic and I hope you will too! Enjoy! Performance of cattle grazing endophyte infected tall fescue compared novel endophyte or endophyte free tall fescue ABSTRACT Tall fescue (Festuca arudinacea) is a cool-season forage used […]
This is a group paper written over the pros and cons of animal identification. This topic has been a constant controversy between producers with recent legislation proposals in congress. Everyone has their own opinion on the issue, as for me I have mine but I will keep them to myself till later. Enjoy! Animal Identification […]
This is a paper written for one of my classes this semester covering the advantages of using MLV treatments for BRD in stocker calves. I learned a lot by writing this, hope you will too. Enjoy! Prevention and Treatment for Bovine Respiratory Disease in High Risk, Newly Received Stocker Calves Bovine Respiratory Disease (BRD) is […]
Or maybe a rancher too. As I am preparing to give a persusasive presentation in my speech class, I was trying to decide what topic would be easiest to choose. Then I got to thinking why not choose a topic that I really want to share and inform these 30 people in my class. It […]
I just finished reading Cowboy Ethics, a book focused on showing the financial world how far they have moved away from the values and principles that some of this country’s greatest heros lived for. I originally bought the book because I was intrigued by the photography of the American West, but as soon as I […]
It is something that really gets under my skin. Just the thing to put me on my soapbox. It’s when a journalist or other public figure criticizes the agriculture industry and fails to show both sides of the story. The public gets all riled up about how farmers and ranchers are leading this country to […]
Well it is amazing how fast time flies. I am starting my last fall semester as an undergraduate, with only the spring semester to follow before graduation. This semester may include 18 hours of class, but it does not seem that there will be too much homework. Other than my speech and accounting classes the […]
Well I am finished with my summer in Wyoming. I really can’t begin to describe how awesome the experience was, but I can give it a try. This summer has just flown by, all of the days running together. Each day is the same, but with different things to do. The Big Horn Basin and […]
Well I am down to my last week here in Wyoming. I plan on leaving early next Saturday morning for the long trip to Oklahoma. It is 1100 miles and 17 hours. So I should get back on Sunday night. It has been a long week. I rode in the mountains moving cattle a couple […]
