It's hard not to think about proper stockmanship as something akin to a dance. There's a lot of give-and-take...
Low Stress Handling Cattle II: Starter Stockmanship
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Low-Stress Handling Cattle I: Prepare Yourself
One of the biggest aspects of raising cattle, besides feeding them and crunching the numbers in the name of keeping...
Getting Your New Animals Home: Preparations and Introductions
After all your research and finally settling on the best cattle to bring home to your farm comes the fun parts:...
So, You Want to Raise Cattle… Where to Begin?
(This was initially published in Bovine Practicum (turned Praise the Ruminant) in December 2019. Much of what is...
Nitrates in Forages: Poisonings & Preventions
From Part One, posted in Managing Forages with Ruminants: "The problem, therefore, is where protein synthesis occurs,...
What’s the Best Breed for My Farm? (Bovine Edition)
(The following was originally written for my old and now-gone Bovine Practicum. While this was intended for cattle,...
Cattle Don’t Need Grain… Or Don’t They?
(Originally published on Praise the Ruminant in April 2019.) When you raise at least one bovine (or any ruminant, for...