The consensus? The team agreed that thin cows are more costly due to potential calving difficulties and a longer infertility ...

If animals can get to them, winter grass, corn stalks, and other crop residues are low quality right now as these feeds have ...

OSU and KSU experts explain why restricting nutrients fails to prevent dystocia and how maintaining a BCS 6 ensures calf ...

University of Kentucky’s Kenny Burdine shares strategies small operations should consider to improve their profitability.

My most memorable tussle with calves occurred half a century ago while working on a farm. While moving calves into the barn, one was recalcitrant. My boss said, “Just wrap its tail around your hand ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. — “What’s rule number one?” veterinarian Charles “Chuck” Estill asks a room full of students attending Oregon State University’s Extension Service calving school. The gathering of farm ...

HAYES, S.D. — Traditionally, you may not think September is the time of the year to see fresh baby calves hitting the ground. But, for those that fall calve, calving season is well underway. At ...

Dr. Adam Beard shares new research evaluating short-term contact between cows and calves and its impact on early calf health ...

If one stands by the fence and discusses calving, most producers are sympathetic to the late- calving cow. At least she has a live calf is the general response. That is true, but the challenge is to ...