OSU and KSU experts explain why restricting nutrients fails to prevent dystocia and how maintaining a BCS 6 ensures calf ...

Proper heifer nutrition and management keep cattle healthy and increase long-term cattle operation profitability, expert says.

Working with a veterinarian on pregnancy checks, bull soundness exams and vaccination plans is important as spring approaches.

Consider magnesium supplementation levels, particularly for lactating cows grazing wheat, rye, or triticale in the spring.

ST. PAUL -- First-calf heifers represent the present and the future of dairy farms, but they need to adapt to many physiological and behavioral changes at calving. According to the USDA, first-calf ...

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 ...

As the cattle head to the cool-season grass pastures, spring breeding plans are well under way. While most of the cows have calved, spring grass means breeding time is not far away. The other day was ...

The last time we checked in the Mehlhoff family of 5L Red Angus, they were in a holding pattern waiting for calving to truly begin. It turns ...

If animals can get to them, winter grass, corn stalks, and other crop residues are low quality right now as these feeds have ...

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 ...

Sometimes a first-calf heifer is confused or indifferent toward her newborn calf. She may just lie there after the calf is born and doesn’t get up to lick the calf, and when she does get up she may ...