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 ...

Monitoring body condition scores throughout winter helps ensure proper nutrition for spring-calving cows and improves ...

COOPERSTOWN, N.D. - April blizzards have added to difficulties for cattlemen in the region, as well as the veterinarians who serve them. Paul Motter, is a veterinarian and owner of Cooperstown ...

Anything that can be done to make an intensive block-calving period run as smoothly as possible will be advantageous for a busy farm team. It stems from preparing staff, processes and cows ahead of ...

Mike Lowry’s first exposure to a cattle breed that’s significantly reduced his calving problems was in the mid-1990s, when his parents started using Murray Grey bulls. “This is by far the best breed ...

Maintaining a controlled breeding and calving season can be one of the most important management tools for cow-calf producers. A uniform, heavier, and more valuable calf crop is one key reason for ...

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 ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO)– Calving season is in full swing at Lehrman Family Simmentals, a seedstock Simmental operation in Spencer, SD. Thanks to the KELOLAND Cow Cam, you can join in the action too.

Falun? With hands cupped around his mouth, Chuck Oleen sent a high-pitched holler across the pasture, snaring the attention of critters big and small. Sensing the rancher was bearing treats — wheat ...

Since calving season is in full swing in April, livestock producers should start thinking about the upcoming breeding season, said David Fernandez, Ph.D. Fernandez is an Extension livestock specialist ...