Regardless of when a cattle owner decides to calve—spring or fall—it’s one of the most stressful times of the year. With so many challenges related to animal welfare, disease management, and safety ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Apr. 10—With an unusually warm spring, calving season for southwest North Dakota beef ranchers has been supreme. At JC Farms in ...

The calving pen is where some of the most costly and preventable problems on a dairy begin. And while a hard birth might not ...

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 ...

MAYNARD, Iowa — Paul and Jody Stempfle were doing a good job feeding their calves, but they wanted to make the process easier. Last summer, the couple moved their calves into a new naturally ...

TAPPEN, N.D. - Dean and Twyla Stroh are winning a battle with cold, snow, mud and slop. The Strohs' calving season began on Feb. 8. Since then, they've calved out their embryo-transplant cows, their ...

PIERRE, S.D. — Cattle producers weigh a multitude of factors when determining when to start calving in South Dakota. But one factor they can't fully anticipate is the state's volatile weather. While ...