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Managing Livestock in Winter

Winter can be a challenge when it comes to maintaining the health of our livestock herds. Just like with humans, changes in the outside temperature lead to respiratory challenges so always being on…

Cattle Handling Facilities

Summer is just around the corner and with summer cattle producers will be managing flies, deworming, and may even be considering other vaccinations as part of their herd management program. These…

With Early Easter Comes Lots of Feathered Farm Friends

This year Easter is coming early, with Easter and Spring, we typically start talking about new farm animals, such as chickens, rabbits, and ducks. As a general rule these smaller species have much…

Frost Seeding Clover - Your Chance to Utilize Nature

Adding clover to pastures is perhaps one of the most cost-effective ways to improve a stand of forage. Clover is also a cheap source of nitrogen and therefore can help cut fertilization costs in the…

Practice Tick Safety to Avoid Tick-Borne Diseases

As livestock producers and farmers in general we spend a lot of time out in the same environment as a lot of little pests. Some big enough to see easily. Some, other than being extremely aggravating,…

Considerations for Expanding Your Cattle Operation to Include Sheep or Goats

Back in March, our NC State Extension Small Ruminant Specialist, Dr. Andrew Weaver shared some very valuable information with our livestock producers centered around Exploring Additional…

Picking Up Chicks: A How-to Guide for Purchasing Your Spring Chickens

Typically, I use my monthly article to discuss the larger livestock species that we deal with such as cattle, sheep, and goats. This month I decided to cover one of the species that often gets…

Mineral Supplementation in Beef Cattle Management

Beef cattle and other livestock require a number of different minerals, macro and micro, for optimal growth, reproduction, and just maintaining their health in general. A good mineral program…

Prolapses: What Causes Them and How Should We React?

Calving time is here and with it we normally see, or hear of, at least a handful of prolapses with cattle and other livestock. By definition prolapse is the displacement of a part or organ of the…

A Boot Stomping Good Time at Swain Ag Fair

Article Written by: Hannah Styles - hstyles@thesmokymountaintimes.com Smoky Mountain Times - August 26, 2021