Working Ranch Magazine January/February 2025

January/February 2025

COLUMNS {Contents}

38 NUTRITION: FEED THE MICROFLORA Fight scours before it starts with medicated feeds. By Gilda V. Bryant

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42 HEALTH MANAGEMENT/ID: NOT IF, BUT WHEN Have a plan in place to protect your calves.

By Gilda V. Bryant

JOSIE ALEXANDER

50 RANCH WHEELS: TRAILER TAKE HOME Steel and Aluminum trailers worth their weight.

By James Beckham

70 RANCH HORSE: DETAILS OF DISPOSITION Is it learned or are they born with it?

by Katie Hutton

76 GENETICS: ROBUST TO THE TEST Is the beef production industry’s focus on higher growth and production negatively impacting immunity?

By Jaime Pullman {Plus}

KENDRA SANTOS/TEAM ROPING JOURNAL

75 A POEM BY TRAVIS EKLUND

6 I JANUARY / FEBRUARY 2025 WORKING RANCH audited readers run 21 million head of beef cattle.