Sometimes a first-calf heifer is confused or indifferent toward her newborn calf. She may just lie there after the calf is born and doesn’t get up to lick the calf, and when she does get up she may ...

Our fall calving season has just wrapped up with another successful year that has now brought views of lively baby calves dotting our pasture. Since our calving season usually falls within the same ...

In the book “Cowpuppy,” a scientist forges a bond with his new cows as he tries to help a calf nurse for the first time. The following is an excerpt from Cowpuppy: An Unexpected Friendship and a ...

Good nutrition is important to overall health, and it begins at birth, said the experts at the Kansas State University Beef Cattle Institute on a recent Cattle Chat podcast where they discussed the ...

April brings with it the memories of spring 2022 when storms dumped heavy, wet snow that caused livestock losses in the northern Plains. Meanwhile, below average temperatures, wind and deep snow — in ...

Calf pneumonia has stayed in the top 10 of the most frequent diagnoses from carcass submissions* in Great Britain for almost a decade. And while heifers can recover and eventually join the milking ...

A new study in the US has found that, in grain-fed beef systems, the greatest amount of methane is created when cows are nursing their calves. The study, which was published in the Journal of Animal ...

During the winter, feeding can be a challenge, depending on facilities and feed availability, but it is an area that should not be ignored as both fertility and calf health depend on getting it right.

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