livestock management

Animal Health, Biz News, Livestock, Swine

From reaction to readiness: a system approach to herd health

Modern swine production is built for efficiency. Pig flow, diets and daily routines are designed to reduce variation and protect performance. Disease challenges can quickly undo that stability. As production systems become more complex and margins tighten, the cost of delayed ... Read More

Beef, Cow Calf, Lacey Vilhauer, Seedstock

Crossbreeding, selection strategies key to cow-calf efficiency

Lacey Vilhauer, Livestock, Pets

Farm Bureau opens nominations for 2027 Farm Dog of the Year contest 



This inquisitive calf is paying close attention to the world around it while mama is enjoying a morning of grazing in this pasture in Union County, Iowa. (Adobe Stock │ #485474554 - DarcyMaulsby)

Preweaning calf management that leads to postweaning success

Cattle feedlot (K-State Research and Extension)

Growth implants’ effect on efficiency

  • By Chevy-Lynn Vaske │ K-State Extension news service
Photo of an adult female Asian longhorned tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis, on a blade of grass. (Photo courtesy James Gathany via the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.)

Cattle producers urged to be on the lookout for tick disease

  • By Dan Donnert │ K-State Extension news service

Pseudorabies found in swine herds in Iowa, Texas according to APHIS 

Colorado Department of Agriculture

Range rider offers help on wolf mitigation

Cattle grazing in Faulkner County, taken April 9, 2026. (UADA photo by Kevin Lawsonl.)

Freeze and drought push ranchers into hay

Mother ewe's and their newborn lambs. (Photo: Adobe Stock │ #499430441 - Collins Photography)

UW offers guide to help sheep producers

Konza Prairie Fires (K-State Research and Extension)

Stay aware during fire season

  • By Colton Tripp │ K-State Extension news service