Olympic athlete with agriculture roots competing in the Paris Olympics

K-State veterinarian Bob Larson says cattle cannot transmit lumpy jaw or wooden tongue to each other. Groups of animals only contract the diseases when consuming the same coarse grasses. (Photo: K-State Research and Extension)

Livestock Calendar August 2 2024

The annual King of the Ring auctioneer competition included eight contestants and more than 7,000 head of cattle on July 27 at Winter Livestock, Dodge City, Kansas. (Journal photo by Dave Bergmeier.)

Langvardt wins King of the Ring contest

K-State veterinary toxicologist Steve Ensley says lactating animals have a higher chance of becoming water deprived, given their additional fluid needs for milk production. (Photo: K-State Research and Extension news service)

Cattle Report Aug. 2nd

Kenny Rogers, Colorado Livestock Association president congratulates newly elected president Kory Kessinger at the CLA annual meeting July 15 to 16 in Black Hawk, Colorado. (Courtesy photo.)

Colorado livestock industry comes together at CLA Annual Meeting

K-State veterinarian Bob Larson says cattle cannot transmit lumpy jaw or wooden tongue to each other. Groups of animals only contract the diseases when consuming the same coarse grasses. (Photo: K-State Research and Extension)

Cattle Chat: Look out for lumpy jaw and other facial diseases

  • By Jacob Klaudt │ K-State Research and Extension news service
White loco weed, Oxytropis sericea, catches the late afternoon sunlight in a high mountain meadow. This wildflower has beautiful white blossoms on stalks up to 18 inches high, but it is said to be very toxic to humans and livestock. It is indigenous most of the western United States, from the plains into high mountain areas. (Photo: iStock - chapin31)

Watch out for locoweed: profile of a killer plant

  • By Micah Most │ University of Wyoming Extension
K-State veterinary toxicologist Steve Ensley says lactating animals have a higher chance of becoming water deprived, given their additional fluid needs for milk production. (Photo: K-State Research and Extension news service)

High heat intensifying water deprivation in confined livestock

  • By Jacob Klaudt │ K-State Research and Extension news service