Posted by SLN Staff on May 2nd, 2014 | 1 comment
Spring always brings joy to farmers and environmentalists. After a long winter, people enjoy the great outdoors while the flowers bloom and nature begins to unfold. Leaves and flowers bud into a lush green and grass starts to grow again as temperature starts to rise to a pleasant degree. Altogether, spring can be a wonderful time! With rising temperatures and freshly growing pastures, there are...
Posted by SLN Staff on Apr 27th, 2014 | Comments Off on Livestock Handling Tips – Understanding Livestock Behavior
If you own a farm and need to manage and lead your herd, you must understand animal behavior. Understanding animal behavior can minimize animals’ stress related behaviors that may cause damage and become difficult for animal handlers. All animals are different but we could try understanding each species of animal and try to maximize their specific behavior. Study of animal ethnology Farming and...
Posted by SLN Staff on Apr 18th, 2014 | Comments Off on Tips on Cattle Management and Livestock Health
Usually when you have a large number of animals in your herd, it is quite difficult to take care of individual animals. Nonetheless, every animal in your herd is important, and if one animal is suffering from a disease, it could easily affect the whole herd. Therefore, to keep your cattle healthy cattle management is very important. What Affects Animal Health As the weather warms up it could...
Posted by SLN Staff on Apr 16th, 2014 | Comments Off on Some Fatal Diseases Symptoms And Cures Of Your Livestock
Raising your livestock and keeping them healthy is a challenging task. It needs a lot of hard work, dedication, patience and knowledge about your livestock. Your livestock’s health depends on factors such as feeding the animals a proper diet and regularly monitoring and isolating the sick animals form the rest of the herd. Swiftly taking action to ensure disease control and cure could mean the...
Posted by SLN Staff on Apr 9th, 2014 | Comments Off on Tips On Livestock Handling – The Recommended Basic
Understanding the behavior of your livestock will benefit you greatly when handling animals. A few months back, we published an article about understanding the flight zone in livestock handling. This week, we will talk about some very basics of livestock handling, safety issues, and look at some more livestock handling techniques. Safety First A single, lone, agitated steer is very dangerous....