Much of the High Plains is experiencing varying intensities of drought, and North Dakota has had below normal precipitation ...

Minimizing heat stress is especially critical during the breeding season, as high temperatures (often experienced during ...

Making the switch to block calving from a year-round pattern has resulted in efficiencies and a better work-life balance for two Welsh farming businesses. Edward Morgan converted his system to autumn ...

Several factors can determine when spring calving herds start calving, with a wide range of calving dates considered spring calving. John Bolinger is a veterinarian based at Tipton, Missouri. He says ...

It may just be a number, but calving at an incorrect condition score could have severe impacts on both cow and calf. And although spring is just around the corner, it’s not too late to act, says vet ...

Tim Nolte has enjoyed the dry conditions this spring. But they worry him, too. Like most other Upper Midwest cattle producers, Nolte, a Sebeka, Minn., rancher, has benefitted from the region's dry ...

Like some other area ranchers, John Chute, an Aitkin, Minn., cattle producer, delays his spring calving to take advantage of what's normally better weather in April and May. This year, however, the ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- The vast majority of cow-calf producers in Tennessee and the Southeast using a defined calving season have long favored spring calving; however, researchers at the University of ...

A large proportion of cows calving next spring have now been dried off for the winter. Preparing these cows for their next calving event should now be a priority. It is important to tick as many boxes ...

Spring calving Suckler herds are about to begin calving or have just started. Do you have everything ready for the busy season ahead? Check that the water troughs in the calving boxes are operating.