Feb. 20—Ralph Morgan's livelihood is something of a spectator sport. Morgan is a cattle rancher. Each year, starting around the middle of February, his cows have their calves in a pasture near Highway ...

Understanding basic principles of animal behaviour and physiology can help farmers develop a functional and safe calving system. Rarely a year goes by without Health and Safety Executive records ...

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 ...

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 ...

All freshly calved cows are challenged to maintain normal calcium levels within the first 72 hours of calving. The production of colostrum and the onset of lactation creates a significant demand for ...

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 ...

In the suckler herd the aim over the next few months is to produce a live healthy calf from each cow and to successfully get the cow back in calf. The first consideration is to have the cow in proper ...