Cattle

It's probably not as gruesome as it might sound, but it does sting.

Cattle are not only branded, they are controlled.

Any farmer, any rancher can tell you not always successfully with electric fences.

They contain a very mild charge designed to discourage wandering cattle when their wet noses touch that fence.

One rancher calls another and says, hey, three head near West Pasture are out on the road.

You need to come and get them back in.

Cattle are herded into pens, chutes, trailers, and finally taken to auction and typically to the slaughterhouse.

Traditionally, a cowboy works around and amid his herd of cattle on a horse.

Small changes in injection practices can make a big difference.

Following beef cattle injection best practices helps protect animal health and welfare, ensures products work as intended, and reduces costly injection site lesions that impact carcass quality.

Explore the Beef Cattle Research Council injection resources for practical guidance to improve outcomes on your operation.

Find these resources and more linked in the show notes.

This episode is titled Hidden Hazards, The Challenge with Mycotoxins in Beef Cattle Feed.

Often, hidden hazards in beef cattle diets, mycotoxins, can create a variety of problems, including impaired immune response, which can lead to secondary infections, compromised growth rates, reduced reproductive performance, lameness, and gangrene.

Illnesses caused by mycotoxins can be difficult to identify, and treatment with antibiotics has little to no effect.

Therefore, knowing the threat presented by mycotoxins and the appropriate prevention measures to implement are key to reducing the risk to cattle.

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You know, picked it up from Marksbury, right? Cow came from Garrett County there.

So, you know, support in your home county.

I love it.

Tommy Rogers started the ranch in 1982 with six cows.

and his daughters grew up showing Brangus cattle through 4-H.

Today, the operation raises registered Brangus and ultra black cattle with its cow herd based in Mansfield and the cattle development program near Natchitoches, Louisiana.

Chris is joining us to talk about the program and the November 9th bull and commercial female sale.

Chris, welcome to Yanks in the Gavel.

First of all, though, can you tell us maybe a little bit about yourself? You're the ranch manager there.

Tell us how you kind of got in the beef industry and what brought you to Branch Ranch.

So I was born and raised in the cattle industry.

As I said, I've traveled through research and graduate student path where I was supported by ABP through a research grant prior to graduation.

to private practice, keeping that professional network intact, even though I was in a small rural practice in both of my practice times, periods, to now in academia, it's a sounding board for us, right? We're always trying to think about how we're teaching and developing those future Bovine practitioners.

And with that in mind, I think ABP for our future members and our current members, Continuing to deliver on that, not just the CE, although that's incredibly important, but that networking and mentorship network that's so important to younger practitioners and students.

What initiatives would you like to develop or improve or continue as critically important if you are elected to serve?

None of that is good for a child's body.

Humans were not designed to consume cow's milk.

Cow's milks are for cow.

Human milk is for humans.

Why on earth are we feeding our kids junk food and accepting that this is the normal? This is okay because, you know, that's what we can afford.