Beef Cattle Management
Calendar for December:
Beef Cattle Management
- Keep your mineral feeders full. Low quality forages require more mineral for fiber digestion by cattle.
- Check for external parasites (lice during cold weather, especially) and treat.
- Worm cows and heifers before putting them on rye pastures or supplementing.
- Check cows daily for calving problems.
- Rotate calving pastures.
- Check bull health. If you are buying a replacement bull, investigate its health.
- If you have dead animals, be sure to post them with your vet, to prevent further deaths.
- Check replacement heifers to be sure they will be ready to breed 3 – 4 weeks before placing them with main cow herd.
