From cow herd nutrition strategies to not forgetting your bulls, K-State’s Jason Warner shares the top 10 management practices producers should be mindful of in February.
Tracking birth data, mothering ability and calf vigor on day one provides the metrics needed for smarter culling and sire ...
Weekly pasture rotation system separates calves by age to limit pathogen exposure and reduce disease transmission rates.
As cows begin calving down this spring, farmers may have to deal with the odd displaced abomasum (DA) post calving.
As the cattle head to the cool-season grass pastures, spring breeding plans are well under way. While most of the cows have calved, spring grass means breeding time is not far away. The other day was ...
If one stands by the fence and discusses calving, most producers are sympathetic to the late- calving cow. At least she has a live calf is the general response. That is true, but the challenge is to ...
The routine “calving check” is one of the most important tasks on the list of beef cattle producers during calving season. Most producers have their own plan for how often they give their calving herd ...
As the calving season kicks of for many farms, managing the concern that is negative energy balances in freshly calved cows ...
Use of 'just-in-time' individual calving pens are a great way to help minimise disease risks for both the cow and calf over group pens. However, they do require careful management and attention to ...
We are milking once a day at the moment, but with numbers building we’ll be going back to twice-a-day milking later this week ...