Drovers

When and How to Implant Calves on Cow-Calf Operations

For most cow–calf operations, branding or early pasture turnout (roughly 45 to 60 days of age) remains the most reliable ...
The Journal

Counting cattle and calves across the U.S. and the High Plains

The lore, dedication and determination of having a cattle and calf operation may have lost their luster, but not their value. In 2022, according to the Census of Agriculture of the U.S. Department ...
Post Register

Foster Cattle: The "McDonalds of calving operations"

Foster Cattle, a local Rigby cattle operation, has been recognized as the top 17th cow and calf operation in the United States by the National Cattleman’s Beef Association. According to owner Brad ...
The Fence Post

Cow nutrition considerations at calving and early lactation

During any given production year on the ranch, cows/heifers are faced with nutritional and environmental stressors. They have ...
AG Week

Cheaper hay, corn stalk residue and other trials keep this cow-calf producer saving money on winter feeding

ST. CLOUD, Minn. — Despite some exceptionally cold temperatures this winter, Jared Luhman, a cow-calf producer at Dry Creek Farms in Goodhue, Minnesota, was able to enjoy a relatively average year of ...
AgWeb

Flip Your Soil: Nebraska Farmers Partner with Cow Calf Producers to Get Soil Health Benefits

For farmers trying to improve soil health in their operation adding livestock can be a big benefit. But what do you do if you don’t own any cattle? In Nebraska farmers are partnering with local cow ...