Warm conditions leading into the fall can create additional fly pressure on your cattle. Listen to Dr. Stokka discuss strategies to control horn, face, and stable flies on last week's #SoundAgAdvice episode. soundagadvice.transistor.fm/52

Department #ThrowbackThursday! This is a photo of the 1955 NDSU Meat Judging Team! Members included Jerome Peaks, Eugene Rott, Bob Oberg, Richard States, Duane Erickson, Tom Gates, Merle Larson and coach Verlin Johnson #tbt #NDSUANSC

Congratulations to Paul Berg, professor emeritus in animal science, who will receive the Honorary American FFA Degree at this year’s National FFA Convention in October! #NDSUansc #NDSU #Congratulations

Questions about fall-applied nitrogen coming in. Soil temperatures in North Dakota and northwest Minnesota (NDAWN) are still too warm for anhydrous ammonia or urea, with weekend forecast looking even warmer. Wait to apply nitrogen to reduce potential losses.

Our virtual fence system is up and running! NDSU Department of Animal Sciences faculty Zac Carlson and I are looking forward to piloting this technology with the support of the NDSU AgExpStation.

Had a great time visiting with Pedro and Brooke. If you haven't heard of the CattleCal Podcast, you should definitely check them out! open.spotify.com/episode/6jKM31…

Most common mistakes when grazing cereal rye is not getting on it early enough and not having high enough stocking density! Once it gets going it grows fast and recovers fast. Start at 5 inches and 0.5 to 1 cow/acre. Rotating totally pays! UNL Beef (assuming we get some rain!🤞)

Floodwaters often prevent ranchers from reaching feed supplies. Ranchers should pre-select sites on high ground for hay, emergency water supplies, and fencing supplies or panels. Dealing With Flooding on Your Farm or Ranch ndsu.edu/agriculture/ag…

When will your grasslands be ready to graze? Normally our grasslands start accumulating growing degree days (GDDs) in late March, many areas of ND just started accumulating GDDs last week. Learn more about determining grazing readiness > > ag.ndsu.edu/publications/e…

Congratulations to Grady and Madeliene for doing an awesome job presenting their research at the NDSU Student Research Day this week! NDSU Department of Animal Sciences

MS position at NDSU Department of Animal Sciences with myself and Miranda Meehan evaluating impacts of supplementation frequency of stocker cattle in an extensive winter grazing system. This project will measure cattle performance, forage production, soil health, and economics.

Planning on grazing winter cereals this spring? How are they looking? The rye on our NDSoybean project has really popped with good moisture and heat! We are looking at starting to graze next week.

Excited to get started on some virtual fence research tomorrow at the NDSU Central Grasslands Research Extension Center with Dr. Kevin Sedivec and Dr. Zac Carlson! We will be using the the virtual fence to do some patch or leaky fence grazing.

Checked on our steers at NDSU Central Grasslands Research Extension Center. These steers were backgrounded on diets replacing distillers grains with heat-treated soybean meal. Now waiting to see if there will be any residual impacts on meat characteristics.

Congratulations to Grady Gullickson for a great job presenting his first presentation at #ASAS2023. Way to go! NDSU Department of Animal Sciences #GoBison

There are now 16 premises affected by #anthrax in southwest North Dakota; 15 laboratory-confirmed cases and one probable case based on clinical signs. One confirmed case is in eastern Hettinger County with the remaining cases in Grant County. ndda.nd.gov/news/beef-catt…

The NDSU Department of Animal Sciences Beef Field Day has been rescheduled! Please join us on September 18 from 11:30-3:30 to learn more about the beef cattle research being conducted by the department.

Plan now for bale-grazing success: Moving bales from the hayfield directly to a staging area adjacent to where they will be fed or, if possible, within the pasture can save time, fuel, and labor this winter. bit.ly/EH-230812-C

Need to stretch drought affected pastures? See if there is a strategy that could work for you.

Great weather to start off our bale grazing trial funded by NDSoybean. We certainly don't need these propane heaters right now, but something tells me we will soon. Miranda Meehan