With the calving season rapidly approaching for spring calvers, getting the sheds, equipment and facilities ready must be ...

It is always exciting when a little one joins the family. In the beef cattle business, calves are typically born during a planned calving season that occurs in the spring or the fall, said the experts ...

Mark Wagner — the start of a new calving season upon him — said he’s “pushing the envelope as hard as I can.” Wagner, a rancher and farmer at Monango in south-central North Dakota is what’s known as ...

Ensuring suckler cows have at least 14% crude protein in their diet before calving will help antibody production and improve ...

Remember a cow in the dry period is like an athlete in pre-season and you must prepare the system for the season ahead, writes independent ruminant nutritionist Brian Reidy Cows can get very ...

TAPPEN, N.D. - One could be excused for thinking the central North Dakota weather on March 30 was an early April Fools' Day joke - and a cruel one at that. The northwest wind bit at exposed skin and ...

CAFRE Beef and Sheep Adviser Jonathan Brown emphasises the importance of monitoring cow body condition score (BCS) in the lead-up to calving. He explains: “Recent grass growth this season has exceeded ...

For many years, commercial cow/calf producers have used birth weight expected progeny differences (EPD) in sire selection to minimize calving difficulty. However, some producers have expressed concern ...