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Updated: November 14, 2025

Women In Agriculture Webinar Series on Risk Management: Production

This webpage is the production archives of the Women In Agriculture webinars.
Updated: November 6, 2025

Cattle Tales Livestock Newsletter

This quarterly newsletter is focused on bringing timely, relevant information to Maryland's livestock producers
Updated: October 31, 2025

Animal Science Meetings

A list of meetings/events for Animal and Livestock Producers
A group of people in outdoor gear gathers in a field under a cloudy sky. Amanda Grev is teaching about forage management.
Updated: September 19, 2025

Fall Weed Management in Pasture and Hay

Fall Weed Management in Pasture and Hay
Hay harvested from field
Updated: May 2, 2025

Managing the Risk of Cyanide Poisoning from Wilted Cherry Leaves

Managing the Risk of Cyanide Poisoning from Wilted Cherry Leaves
Black cherry foliage and flowers
Updated: October 21, 2022

Urinary Calculi in Male Goats and Sheep (FS-2021-0581)

Authors: Maegan Perdue - Dr. Kimberly Braxton, DVM - Jonathan Moyle

Urinary Calculi is a nutritional disease caused by an improper balance of calcium to phosphorus in the diet of goats and sheep. Due to their anatomy, a buildup of urinary calculi can become deadly for male goats and sheep. Proper feeding and proper access to water is essential to prevent this disease. Prompt recognition of urinary calculi is essential to save the animal’s life. A good relationship with a knowledgeable livestock veterinarian is necessary if an emergency arises and owners should seek treatment immediately if urinary calculi is suspected. Treatment by a veterinarian is not always successful and there is a chance it can reoccur, so prevention is key. Authors: Maegan Perdue, Dr. Kimberly Braxton, DVM, Dr. Jonathan Moyle; Title: Urinary Calculi in Male Goats and Sheep (FS-2021-0581)
Updated: September 2, 2021

Cattle Tales Livestock Newsletter-May 2021

Cattle Tales Livestock is a quarterly newsletter published by the University of Maryland Extension that focuses on bringing timely, relevant information to Maryland's livestock producers. Topics in this issue (May 2021, Edition 1) are: Body Condition Score is a Critical Management, Tool for Cow-Calf Producers, Determining your Pasture Stocking Rate, Getting your Herd Ready for the Breeding Season, Considerations for Improving Hay Quality, Culling considerations for beef cow-calf herd, Controlling Flies and Ticks in Your Livestock, Implanting Pre-weaned Calves, and When should I deworm my sheep/goats?
Updated: June 29, 2021

Determining your Pasture Stocking Rate

How many animals will my pasture support? This is a common question, especially for the first-time livestock producer. Unfortunately, it is a complex and often difficult question to be answered.
Cattle on pasture
Updated: June 29, 2021

When should I deworm my sheep/goats?

When they need it. No longer is it recommended that sheep/goats be dewormed preventively or based on the calendar. Nor is it recommended that all animals in a group be dewormed at the same time. These approaches have caused the worms (especially the barber pole worm) to develop resistance to the dewormers. Dewormers (called anthelmintics) are antiparasitic drugs. They should be given to treat clinical disease, not prevent it. Good management is what prevents clinical disease.
Sheep looking out of structure
Updated: June 29, 2021

Controlling Flies and Ticks in Your Livestock

Fly and tick season is here, unfortunately. But there are management methods, both chemical and environmental, that will help you better control both the fly and tick populations that are going to try and wreak havoc with your livestock. Generally, in a pasture-based setting, chemical control of flies and ticks is going to be more effective than most environmental management strategies, though an integrated approach of both is recommended.
Beef Cattle Face Flies