During any given production year on the ranch, cows/heifers are faced with nutritional and environmental stressors. They have ...

Cold weather and pregnancy increase cattle energy demands. Proper nutrition and shelter boost cow health and calf performance ...

Spring calving is nearing – organise the calving toolkit and check essential equipment now to reduce stress and protect cow ...

When it comes to calving, there are positives and negatives to spring or fall, including weather and nutritional factors to consider. “There’s just some tradeoffs there,” University of Missouri ...

Like some other area ranchers, John Chute, an Aitkin, Minn., cattle producer, delays his spring calving to take advantage of what's normally better weather in April and May. This year, however, the ...

Tim Nolte has enjoyed the dry conditions this spring. But they worry him, too. Like most other Upper Midwest cattle producers, Nolte, a Sebeka, Minn., rancher, has benefitted from the region's dry ...

Turnout dates for spring-calving herds should not be dictated by a silage shortage. Businesses must plan to have enough ...

Since calving season is in full swing in April, livestock producers should start thinking about the upcoming breeding season, said David Fernandez, Ph.D. Fernandez is an Extension livestock specialist ...