Working Ranch Magazine Summer 2025

Summer 2025

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NUTRITION: DESPITE THE DROUGHT Strategies to thrive during those extra dry years. By Gilda V. Bryant 40 HEALTH MANAGEMENT/ID: KEEP AN EYE OUT

What to look for and how to treat Pinkeye in your herd.

By Gilda V. Bryant

44 RANCH WHEELS:

THE LONGER THE TRAILER What to consider before buying an oversized stock trailer.

By James Beckham

68 GENETICS: PRACTICALITY PAIRED WITH PERFORMANCE What producers want you to know about Akaushi cattle.

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By Jaime Pullman

72 RANCH HORSE: IN IT FOR THE LONG HAUL Health tips for long trips hauling horses.

VERONICA WINTERS / SHUTTERSTOCK

By Katie Hutton

86 STATE BY STATE: North Carolina Cattlemen’s Beef Council

By Kacy Atkinson {And}

TERRI CAGE/ADOBE 71 EQUINE CARE CATALOG

6 I SUMMER 2025 WORKING RANCH audited readers run 21 million head of beef cattle.