Recent Blog Posts

• Year 'Round Supplementation Improves Pasture Utilization

  June 1, 2013
  It’s been a challenge raising registered Angus cattle through the last 13 years of drought on the Bradley 3 Ranch in the Texas Panhandle.
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• Stop your dog from jumping up

  June 1, 2013
  Most times your dog jumping on you is because they are excited to see you. However, a dog jumping on you or people who come to your house can quickly become a nuisance and maybe get someone hurt.
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• Basic Showlamb Nutrition

  May 1, 2013
  Feeding lambs for show involves some basic principles of nutrition. Whether lambs are fed commercially for market, or diets intended to produce specific physical responses, we must remember that lambs are ruminants. It is of upmost importance that we maintain rumen health and function.
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• Ridding Your Dog of Skunk Smell

  May 1, 2013
  If you live in a rural area, the threat of your dog getting sprayed by a skunk is always looming. If you’ve never had the distinct “pleasure” of your dog getting sprayed, it’s like having a wet dog come into your house…times 10.
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• Plants that are Poisonous to Horses

  April 1, 2013
  There are literally hundreds of plants that are either outright, or potentially, toxic to horses. There are several factors that contribute to toxicity. First, the plant must contain a substance that is toxic to that particular species of animal (susceptibility).
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• Rabbit Care Tips for the Summer

  April 1, 2013
  Gene Gillispie of Vienna, Missouri has been raising and showing rabbits since his 4-H days back in 1966, and he and his wife Sue have been ARBA (American Rabbit Breeders Association) judges for 32 years and 25 years, respectively.
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• Adjusting Your Cattle to the Changing Seasons

  March 1, 2013
  Acclimating yourself to the frigid winter months is certainly a difficult task following the warmth of summer and fall. Furnace maintenance, firewood stacking, and digging out your long johns all become obligatory chores at this time of year.
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• Choosing bedding for horse stalls

  March 1, 2013
  While it may not seem like a big deal what your horse lays on, in actuality a very important decision. Here are just a few of the different things that your horse should or shouldn’t lay on in his stable according to Katherine Blocksdorf of About.
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• Pay close attention to winter nutrition for your cattle

  February 1, 2013
  Taking shortcuts on your cattle nutrition during the winter months could be risk next year’s calf crop, this year’s weaning weights and the long-term viability of your herd.
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• The Circular Health Check for Goats

  January 1, 2013
  An important part of properly caring for your goats is being able to distinguish when they’re unhealthy and need some extra care. Many ailments can be caught and then treated by performing a simple visual inspection of your animal with the Circular Health Check about once a week.
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