Lice thrive in cold weather, causing weight loss up to 0.21 pounds daily. Systemic drugs work best on sucking lice while topical options handle both types.

Cattle take their first bites of a new strip of milo at Big River Grain and Cattle in Cedar Hill. Both cows and crops have been affected by the recent sweltering weather. Mid-Missouri farmers say they ...

It’s not the cold that bothers livestock as much as Iowa's capricious wintry blasts of wind, farmers say. That’s when livestock operations shift into full defensive mode, said Craig Clausing, who runs ...

Methane isn’t just an environmental buzzword—it is energy lost. Every puff of gas from a cow’s rumen represents feed energy that could have gone toward growth, milk or a calf. That simple truth is ...

Flies, ticks and other arthropods are serious pests in animal agriculture.