For the past 81 years, faculty and staff at the University of Florida Range Cattle Research and Education Center have hosted Ona Field Day to update ranchers and land managers with the latest scientific information.
The study found that frequent calf introductions and purchasing animals from auctions or calf dealers were the two biggest risk factors for S. Dublin in dairy-beef farms.
“Bred heifers should have been pregnancy-checked within 90 days after the beginning of the breeding season as well as within 30 days prior to sale,” says Davis.
The latest U.S. Cattle on Feed Report suggests a potential increase in herd sizes, influenced by reduced cattle placements and heightened market optimism.