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Scoring can help identify health problems or her management issues. It's as easy as standing behind your cow and comparing her to these photos.

Here's Body Condition Scoring for beef cattle and goats and a piece telling you how to tell when your lamb is finished. We'll be...

These are helpful tips for figuring out if your animal will be well-marbled and tender while it's still on the hoof.

Skinny cows may look better in bikinis, but in the beef business that's not really how we measure success. Economic losses from thin cows can...

Every goat producer is trying for the "Goldilocks Goat," the animal that is not too thin and not too fat, but just right. Here's a video and a great fact sheet with pictures that will help you make that happen.

A cow's body condition is a good indicator of how well her calves will do and whether or not she'll breed back. Now is a good time to check in on your cows so you can adjust their feed so they can do their best for you. AND if you're a technology kind of person, there's even an App for that!

When a cow comes up open in a pregnancy check, we often assume it's because of some fault with the cow. Maybe she was...

Thanks to Robert Wells and the Noble Research Institute for this article. Winter is just a few pages away on the calendar. Along with the...

After weaning and prior to winter can be one of the most economical times to improve the body condition score (BCS) of a spring-calving cow.

Thanks for this article go to Aaron Berger, Nebraska Extension Beef Educator, Mary Drewnoski, Nebraska Extension Beef Systems Specialist, and J. David Aiken, Extension...

According to Rick Funston, Nebraska Extension Beef Cattle Reproductive Physiologist, transportation stress, heat stress, diagnosing pregnancy and nutrition at breeding are all factors that...

Last week Troy Bishopp shared his worksheet for figuring out how many animals you can run on the pasture you have. Stocking rate isn't...

Thanks to Brad Schick and Ben Beckman, Nebraska Extension Educators, and BeefWatch for this timely article! There is often fear associated with grazing alfalfa...

OK, I know I'm going to get smacked around just for mentioning feeding corn. But hear me out. Drought has hit a lot of...

For decades, cattle producers have been told that providing enough feed to their cows and their developing heifers is critical for ensuring high pregnancy...