Guided traffic systems in Canadian dairy barns have cows learning to be milked without the incentive of feed pellets in the ...

Kristian Rennert, a cattle rancher from Elm Creek, Neb., says extreme winds and a blizzard rolled in late last night after a ...

About midway through calving, Jim experienced a bout of respiratory disease. Calves and their dams were moved immediately into the clean, dry barn and treated with a broad-spectrum antibiotic. All ...

Since 2002, Minnesota has lost roughly 25% of its beef cattle farms, dropping to around 11,700 farms in the latest U.S.

For the first time in a decade, the ranchers raising the livestock that get turned into hamburgers and steaks like their ...

Working with livestock can be dangerous and there is always a risk involved, particularly when working with livestock whether it be calving or housing livestock – It only takes a moment for a life ...

Rancher Rachel Gray moves cattle between pens for calving at her family’s Little Timber Farm in Blackduck, Minn., on Feb. 21. (Anthony Souffle/The Minnesota Star Tribune) ...

In the previous article, I discussed the initial steps that must be considered when preparing for calving season, which mainly involved proper monitoring and management of prepartum cows. This article ...

I hope it stays cool enough to keep the barn yard frozen but warm enough we can take off some of our layers of clothing. I have made it past the half-way mark of calving and am looking forward to ...

By moving pregnant cows we can break the exposure to the new calves that are born. Some potential scenarios for cattle producers may be to start in a calving barn early in the year when weather is ...

Dad checked the cows in the barn during the night. If a cow was having calving problems, he handled it himself or got one of his brothers to help. I can remember the veterinarian coming out once ...