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Fall 2026 Cattle Feeder Enterprise Projections Now Available

Fall 2026 cattle feeder projections outline expected costs, sale prices, and margins using regional averages; producers should apply their own data for accurate decisions.

Beef Roundup Webinar Series Returns for Third Year

Join UW–Madison Extension’s free monthly Beef Roundup Webinar Series from Nov 2026 to Apr 2027. Registration required.

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How to Mitigate Biosecurity Risk

Every movement of cattle onto your cow-calf operation—be they cows, heifers, calves, or bulls—brings biosecurity risks to your farm. It is critical to isolate new additions so that any sickness they break with is not shared with your home herd.

Easy in, easy out: Incorporate biosecurity upon the introduction of new animals

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My Farm is Infected with a foreign animal disease (FAD), Now What?

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Composting Mortalities

Holding the Line with Daily and Enhanced Biosecurity

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Biosecurity: Start with small steps

Videos

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Basic Biosecurity Practices For Livestock Operations

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Biosecurity Practices For Livestock At Fairs, Shows, And Exhibitions

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Biosecurity During a Disease Outbreak

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Beef Biosecurity

Vaccination to Improve Beef Calf Health

The goals for vaccinating beef calves are to protect the calf against potential disease-causing agents, to begin to provide protection for the calf’s entry into the adult herd or the feedlot, and to increase or at least maintain herd immunity.

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Biosecurity in the feedlot

Seasonal Lice Activity in Cattle: When and How to Treat

Vaccination to Improve Reproductive Health in Wisconsin Cow-Calf Herds

Featured Video

Asian Longhorned Tick

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Dairy Biosecurity

Featured Article

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Prevent Respiratory Disease in Dairy x Beef Calves

Dairy and dairy-beef calves that are sold as pre-weaned (wet) are particularly vulnerable to disease challenge as their young and immature immune system increases their susceptibility to disease.

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