Category: Chuteside Manner
‘Son, Water Is Your Cheapest Gain’
By Patti Wilson Contributing Editor The tragic, heat-related deaths of feedlot cattle in the Plains states this summer sent me scrambling to write an appropriate
Surrogate Sires – The Latest Reproductive Development
By Patti Wilson, Contributing Editor Chances are pretty good that if you’ve owned beef cows, you are familiar with artificial insemination (AI). You’ve either employed
Leaps of Technology
By Patti Wilson, Contributing Editor It is difficult for a paper-and-pencil kind of person to wrap my elderly head around the latest health technologies that
Do You Have Your CHAPS On?
By Patti Wilson, Contributing Editor Commercial cattlemen can be left in the dark about the goings-on in their cow herds. I am not talking about
Interaction Is Teaching
By Patti Wilson, Contributing Editor Kids sit in schools, classrooms and at the kitchen table for a good part of their young lives and are
Forage Sorghum
Scientific Advancements Give Us Another Option By Patti Wilson, Contributing Editor Corn is king. It is the king of cattle finishing operations, the ethanol industry
The Amazing Ruminant
By Patti Wilson, Contributing Editor Bovines have been taking a bum rap for too many years. First, doctors mistakenly reported the risk of heart disease
Fetal Programming
Scientific Advancement with Tragic Beginnings By Patti Wilson, Contributing Editor In the past few years, cattlemen have had opportunities to study and take advantage of
Septic Arthritis
By Patti Wilson, Contributing Editor We have all seen hapless cattle of various ages with enlarged navels and painful, swollen joints. And, we know this
A Better Way
By Patti Wilson, Contributing Editor This Chuteside examines a multi-faceted topic, and a cutting-edge method of vaccination that is gaining momentum. Though at first it