Alternatively use an indirect measure such as walking activity to indicate the start of calving or estrus. A recent article in the PLoS One Journal by Jorge Vazquez Diosdado and co-workers tested a ...

Some of these instances include not being able to assist a cow with calving, not having a place to quarantine ... or part of an existing structure such as a barn. Most perimeters will require several ...

We were over-crowded in the fresh pen three to four days a week. That calculates out to 50% of the time,” Pam says. That, in turn, could have led to dry matter intake fluctuations as cows jockeyed for ...

"And I suppose this is the big reason I wanted to raise my kids here, on my family’s ranch," Jessie Veeder writes.

It’s not uncommon for a rancher to be a “jack of all trades,” and that’s just how one coulddescribe Casey Bauer of Fairpoint, ...

A calf, several hours old, tries to nurse on April 1, 2025. A storm that day seemed to push a number of cows to calve within ...

Calves can be born at any time. But many farmers may choose early spring to balance their yearly activities, says Christopher ...

“Before this, we were using other sheds, we had to use calving pens and the yard was under pressure, but now we have great comfort,” Liam explained. “I would recommend the shed to any farmer looking ...

The best way to rid pens of coccidia is to completely empty the pen ... up to 24" per heifer up to a month before calving,” McGuirk says. Also, provide 12" of linear water space per 10 animals and ...