Wyatt Bechtel

Wyatt Bechtel is associate editor for Beef Today and Dairy Today.

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A trusted adjuvant can make all the difference in capturing a strong immune response in young calves.
Along with the many other challenges that winter presents for calf and heifer raisers, the risk of pneumonia in young stock goes up as the mercury goes down.
Dairy cow mortality rates have come down marginally, but are higher when compared to beef production.
Giving a second feeding of colostrum to dairy calves can help increase successful passive transfer.
When you hire a new employee, you have two responsibilities: Make sure the employee fills out a W-2 and a form I-9, and then verify, to the best of your knowledge, the identification cards they show you are real.
Dairy producers in Germany are impressed with the results they’ve seen changing to automatic milking in a rotary.
The rewind button has taken on a new meaning for a Nevada dairy.
Morning Fresh Dairy bottled milk and the Noosa Yoghurt brands have grown along with the Bellvue, Colo. farm that supplies the milk.
Ag technology startups get a boost from one another and Dairy Farmers of America.
It’s one of those diseases that is always going to be a threat, but also can be minimized and managed with great success.
Just knowing that calves are being fed three quarts of milk replacer twice a day is not enough information.
The Feed Emergency Enhancement During Disasters Act (FEEDD Act) would allow producers who are utilizing prevent plant to at least graze, hay or chop a cover crop to feed livestock.
While dairy producers are seeing profitability from milk checks there is also a tremendous opportunity to market cattle into the beef supply thanks to record high beef prices.
Once again bovines and films have come together, this time on Twitter with the hashtag #MOOvies.
Cull cows have been somewhat overlooked in the grand scheme of beef production. While seen mostly as walking hamburger, cull cows are contributors in other ways.