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Watch for bovine anaplasmosis when restocking herds
With cattle producers restocking herds in certain parts of Texas following drought, experts are urging ranchers to be mindful of bovine anaplasmosis, an infectious disease that can be transmitted among cattle by blood.
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Controlling flies on pastured cattle
With record setting temperatures this spring insects are making an earlier appearance this year. Horn flies, face flies and even stable flies have been observed on grazing animals recently.
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The most effective ways to control flies on beef cattle
There are many different fly control products available for cattle producers to use.
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Horn flies on beef cattle
Cattlemen are constantly aware of the potential of external parasites to cause economic loss and transmit disease.
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Cattle and lice
We travel to the OSU Wheat Pasture Research Station at Marshall to discuss lice infestation in cattle with Justin Talley and Steve Hisel.
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Fly control for the beef herd
The necessity for a fly control program for beef herds is inevitable and now is the time to plan your's for this year.
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Protecting cattle from horn flies
The most damaging insect pest for beef cattle in Texas is the horn fly.
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Fly control for beef cattle
There isn’t really a “best thing” for flies. Each producer should consider the options and choose the one that is best for his individual situation.
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Fly control for California cattle
Cattle pests, such as flies, cost cattlemen both in treatment expenditures and in lost production, due to irritation of the pests and the diseases they cause or transmit.
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Summer fly control on cattle
With summer conditions come the worry and loss associated with fly infestations of cattle.
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Controlling horn flies on cattle
Economically, the horn fly, Haematobia irritans irritans (L.), is the most important arthropod pest of pastured cattle in the United States.
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- Showers to slow U.S. corn seedings from blistering pace
- White House urges Senate to cut crop insurance in farm bill
- Corn market reacted poorly to the Crop Progress data
- Oil falls on concern about Federal Reserve direction
- Packer margins jump higher, feeding margins bleak
- New animal identification rules aid disease traceability
- Michigan hay buyers should plan purchases early
- U.S. cattle placements rise in April as feed costs subside
- Ag markets were mixed to start the new week
- Corn planting pace turns from record slow to record fast
- New animal identification rules aid disease traceability
- Corn and soybean prices continue to retrace 2012 drought rally
