Typically, calves are weaned around six to eight months of age, or about 180 to 240 days. However, when forage is limited or ...

It is weaning time for many area cow-calf producers. It’s a stressful time for calves and stress is the number one issue affecting calf performance. Calves are being removed from their mothers and ...

Pregnancy and fertility percentage, along with live calves at weaning, are important economic factors for producers and ranchers. “There's lots of production parameters we keep track of with calving.

There are two times in a dairy cow’s life that can be critical to maximizing future milk production. One, as most of us know, is the transition period around calving. The other, which may be more ...

In most of the Upper Midwest, the grasses are turning to gold, along with the leaves, and soon ranchers will wean their calves. Weaning can be a stressful time for calves and for cattle producers.

Producers have pros and cons to consider for spring and fall calving, as well as the timing of each. Editor’s note: The following was written by Taylor Grussing, South Dakota State University ...

Like most parts of the agricultural industry, cattle follow the seasons. Although things happen in cycles each year, they are never the same. There is nothing boring about farming. When calves are ...

Writer: Adam Russell, 903-834-6191, [email protected] Contact: Dr. Jason Banta, 903-834-6191, [email protected] OVERTON – Spring-born calves will soon be arriving at auction markets, but ...

Weaning is a stressful time for calves. There are social stresses associated with removal from the dam and disrupting social hierarchy, physical stresses of transportation and the marketing system, ...

Pregnancy and fertility percentage, along with live calves at weaning, are important economic factors for producers and ranchers. “There's lots of production parameters we keep track of with calving.