Managing cows in drought conditions

Note: This is Part 1 of 2 in this Beef Cattle Mythbuster series. Check out next week’s paper for Part 2.

Hi everyone, I hope your summer is going well. A couple of months ago, we all thought the pastures in our region were in pretty good shape moisture-wise, but wow has that changed in a lot of places. Recently, I was invited to give a couple of talks to cattle producers. The presentations dealt with pastures and cow nutrition management within the current dry conditions across most of the Pacific Northwest.

In reality, from a nutritional standpoint, drought puts cattle in a situation not much...