Dry weather has greatly reduced surface water availability to cattle in many pastures. As if the problem of water quantity is not enough to worry about, now the issue of water quality enters the ...

Now that spring is here, many livestock producers are planning for the upcoming grazing season, setting management goals, and determining what practices and improvements are best suited to achieve ...

There is an easy answer, and there is a right answer. A general guideline is that lactating cows need two gallons of water per 100 pounds of bodyweight per day. Bulls and dry cows need one to one and ...

There’s nothing more refreshing than an ice-cold drink of water after spending time in the Kansas heat in August. According to Kansas State University beef cattle experts, cattle feel the same — and ...

FARGO - Recent snow and ice storms and power outages have been brutal for livestock and livestock producers. Those conditions have kept livestock from getting enough drinking water. Beef cattle, for ...

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Flooding is a chronic problem for livestock farmers in the Snoqualmie Valley. As rising water has worsened over the last few years, a King County program that protects cattle during floods is also ...

Postdoctoral scholar Leslie Roche takes a water sample from a meadow on a US Forest Service grazing allotment for her study on cattle grazing and water quality. Cattle grazing and clean water can ...

The Kansas Department of Agriculture (KDA) announced the FY26 Crop & Livestock Research Grant Program is now accepting ...

Garfield County commissioners agreed Monday to help fund a stream health study on Cattle Creek north of Carbondale, but only if area land owners and water rights holders are included at the table. “I ...

Iraqi farmer Umm Ali has watched her poultry die as salinity levels in the country’s south hit record highs, rendering ...