From heat stress to winter supplementation, every calving season has trade-offs. Here is how to align your herd’s genetics ...

ANNAWAN, Ill. — Livestock owners in the area are overcoming obstacles during the coldest week of the season. Minnaert Show Cattle herdsman Adam Dynes said the farm had four calves this week, including ...

EDINBURG, N.D. – As twilight fades to darkness, Joel Mathiason’s gentle hands lift a newborn calf to its feet and steer it into a barn stall knee-deep in straw. A cow follows. When she enters the ...

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

Flies can quickly go from a minor nuisance to a herd-wide problem, but staying ahead starts with finding and cleaning up ...

High cattle markets also mean high prices for baby calves. That holds true whether it's a case of a rancher selling a single ...

FREDERICK — By using a hoop barn with a compost bed pack and paying close attention to DNA testing to capitalize on the traits of his animals, a cattleman near Frederick feels that he’s made some ...