Though we’re still holding onto summer, it’s never too early for cattle producers to prepare for winter.
Lindsay Waechter-Mead, DVM and a University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension beef systems educator, first recommends doing pregnancy checks.
“August is really good timing. Especially if you’re late-winter, early-spring calving, you can get some of those girls … preg-checked as early as 35 days,” she says, to determine if cows are open. “You’re going to be able to cull when the market is historically…
