According to Lemenager, cow BCS is critical for assessing nutritional status and to help make breeding decisions. He adds ...

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 ...

Speaking on a recent Cattle Chat podcast, the veterinarians discussed two calving-related challenges that cows can experience — retained placentas and prolapses.

With calving, you can never predict for sure what the cows will do. As she said: “Ferris the cow had climbed manure mountain, where she was sunning herself in the surprisingly warm February sun.

Later-calving cows will sell at a pair sale in mid-May. This leaves cows that can maintain an early calving date within the herd's expected calving season, which means pounds and dollars.

In normal cases the placenta should be out within eight to 12 hours following the delivery of the calf.

6 fresh cow checks to prevent problems after calving Pinpointing health issues early on in fresh cows, gives farmers a better chance of treating them successfully.

Taylor worked his heart and soul out trying to keep those calves alive and I said to myself, ‘if he is still in this after ...

Alexa and Andrew Guttenberg-Mendez, of Albany, Ore., deliver a plastic calf from a plastic model cow at a recent OSU Extension calving workshop. Behind them Amber Tinney and Stacey Lyle of Mill ...

I prefer to think about beef heifer retention as a percentage of beef cow inventory. A higher percentage suggests expansion ...