The calving process is natural and a majority of time it happens without much fanfare—which is by design. However, there are situations where cows or heifers need help and intervention is necessary to ...

Benchmarking is a useful tool that allows businesses to compare their performance to others. However, limited data is available to cow/calf producers for this purpose. Management practices associated ...

Providing sound management during the calving season can mean more live calves. Excessive losses can mean the difference between a year’s profit or loss for a beef producer. It is important to have a ...

BOISE, Idaho — It's not quite spring yet, but for a ranch nestled in the foothills of the Mayfield area, calves are making their moo-ve. According to the Department of Agriculture, there are more cows ...

Snow, ice, winter wind and bitter cold are often what awaits ranchers in the Northen Plains during calving season. Others ...

Some calving cows and heifers may just need more time to go through the different stages of labour, rather than have immediate assistance to get the calf out quickly. Yet too many dairy and beef herds ...

North Atlantic right whales had their best calving season in 15 years, but experts remain 'cautiously optimistic'.

Separate thin cows from those in adequate body condition to help manage nutrition and allocate feed resources.

Providing sound management during the calving season can mean more live calves. Excessive losses can mean the difference between a year’s profit or loss for a beef producer. It is important to have a ...