One of the most important management decisions in a cow/calf operation is determining when cows should calve. Yet, there is ...

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 ...

ST. JOHN’S, Mich. (WLNS)—Dairy farmers across the United States help calves become healthy adults through a method called, “calving process and assistance.” This process consists of several steps when ...

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 ...

Whether you are going to be using artificial insemination or turning out bulls for natural service, planning plays an ...

Thank you for your simple and educative articles. I am a new dairy farmer, and recently, I almost lost my calf at birth. I think the process started at night, and when we woke up, I found the calf ...

Cattle from all over Pennsylvania are brought to the Harrisburg Farm Show Complex each year. But some arrive in different ways than others. Each year, the Calving Corner at the Farm Show welcomes new ...

The routine “calving check” is one of the most important tasks on the list of beef cattle producers during calving season. Most producers have their own plan for how often they give their calving herd ...

Many producers are now in full swing of calving season or soon will be in the Northern Plains. Although late winter has been relatively mild with above average temperatures the last few weeks, we had ...

On our farm in Muscatine County, Iowa, spring means calving season. Everywhere we look, we see twos — a black Angus cow with ...