There are several different options for calving monitoring systems, said Tony Mensing, Extension ag engineer with ISU.

DEVILS LAKE - Feed quality is a major issue during drought years that can result in nutrient deficiencies in pregnant cows. These deficiencies can cause several metabolic disorders that may result in ...

Anything that can be done to make an intensive block-calving period run as smoothly as possible will be advantageous for a busy farm team. It stems from preparing staff, processes and cows ahead of ...

TOO much good grass is feeding too many 'over-fit' cows – and as a result, the number of caesarean calvings is sky-rocketing, according to Scotland’s Farm Advisory Service. Experts are advising ...

NOW is the ideal opportunity to review pre-calving management with a view to getting the spring calves off to the best possible start. With most of the calf growth occurring in the last six weeks of ...

I presented at a Master Cattlemen session recently and, after the meeting, got asked a common question about body condition and feeding cows at calving. The question was he had heard that he should ...

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 ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO)– Calving season is in full swing at Lehrman Family Simmentals, a seedstock Simmental operation in Spencer, SD. Thanks to the KELOLAND Cow Cam, you can join in the action too.

Alexa and Andrew Guttenberg-Mendez, of Albany, Ore., deliver a plastic calf from a plastic model cow at a recent OSU Extension calving workshop. Behind them Amber Tinney and Stacey Lyle of Mill City, ...