Cattle make fewer trips to the feedbunk during muddy conditions, which results in lower feed intake. (Courtesy photo by Troy Walz.)

Cattle Chat: To feed or not to feed rye grain

K-State canola breeder Mike Stamm says even with cold temperatures last winter, growers across the state did not experience much winterkill. (Photo: K-State Research and Extension news service)

Late spring rainfall saved winter canola crop

  • By Jacob Klaudt │ K-State Research and Extension news service
Angus bull stands with a commercial cow in a summer breeding pasture. (Photo: Kansas State University Research and Extension)

Cattle Chat: Body condition scoring

  • By Jacob Klaudt │ K-State Research and Extension news service
Wheat harvest. (Journal stock photo)

K-State researchers uncover keys to stemming wheat production losses due to drought

Inman, Kansas, combine demonstration on June 29 featuring vintage machines as part of a celebration marking 150 years of Turkey Red winter wheat. (Photo courtesy of Glen Ediger.)

Turkey Red revolutionized wheat industry

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
Grasshopper (Photo by Alice Whyte, Vilas, North Carolina.)

In the garden: Am I growing plants, or feeding grasshoppers?

  • By Pat Melgares │ K-State Research and 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