Calving season is an important and busy time of year as beef producers are preparing themselves for less sleep each night, ...

BROOKINGS, S.D. - For the long-term health of the cow herd, it's important to give some extra attention to first-calf heifer pairs during calving so they remain healthy and are ready to breed back in ...

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 ...

Producers are often told that supplementing bred heifers with protein prior to calving increases calf birth weight and leads ...

Spring’s warming temperatures, green grass, and thunderstorms are just around the corner. For ranchers, spring brings an added and exciting meaning. To them, it’s a season of new life on their ranch.

Giving all heifers a pain relief injection after calving will help them through the transition process of joining the milking herd and thereby prevent metabolic issues and lameness. In the absence of ...

"Cows in poor body condition at the time of calving likely will have difficulty rebreeding," cautions Carl Dahlen, North Dakota State University Extension Service beef cattle specialist. "Cows often ...

Heifers are the future of the cow herd. These young females represent genetic progress, years of investment, and the foundation of the herd’s long-term productivity. But as most ranchers know, despite ...

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 ...

FRUITLAND, Mo. -- About 170 heifers will be sold at the fall-calving Missouri Show-Me-Select replacement heifer sale, starting at 1 p.m. Saturday at Fruitland. "This is the second fall-calving heifer ...