Effective post-breeding management in your beef herd helps identify open heifers early and ensures proper development for ...

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 ...

ST. PAUL -- First-calf heifers represent the present and the future of dairy farms, but they need to adapt to many physiological and behavioral changes at calving. According to the USDA, first-calf ...

Giving all heifers a pain relief injection after calving will help them through the transition process of joining the milking herd and thereby prevent metabolic issues and lameness. In the absence of ...

Irish Journal of Agricultural Research, Vol. 25, No. 3 (Dec., 1986), pp. 313-320 (8 pages) Eighty spring-born Friesian heifers calving at 2 years of age were used to study the effect on production of ...

Maintaining a controlled breeding and calving season can be one of the most important management tools for cow-calf producers. A uniform, heavier, and more valuable calf crop is one key reason for ...

South Dakota State University Extension is hosting interactive Cow/Calf Calving Camps for cattle producers. The camps are at 6 p.m. CST on Dec. 10, 2025, in the MET Building at Lake ...

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For many years, commercial cow/calf producers have used birth weight expected progeny differences (EPD) in sire selection to minimize calving difficulty. However, some producers have expressed concern ...