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

As producers prepare for calving season and evaluate cow herd nutrition, here are some strategies to make sure cows are ...

It is uncanny how certain cattle producers have an accurate internal alarm system that awakes them at the exact hour during the middle of night when they need to assist a heifer or cow with difficult ...

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 ...

Irish Journal of Agricultural Research, Vol. 25, No. 3 (Dec., 1986), pp. 313-320 (8 pages) Eighty spring-born Friesian heifers calving at 2 years of age were used to study the effect on production of ...

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 ...

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 ...

If one stands by the fence and discusses calving, most producers are sympathetic to the late- calving cow. At least she has a live calf is the general response. That is true, but the challenge is to ...