As forage resources dwindle in times of drought producers may need to consider early weaning options for the cow herd. Early weaning is designed to save body condition on the females by ending ...

When dining at a new restaurant and the eating utensil is unexpectedly chopsticks instead of a fork, it can make for a challenging experience. Similarly, newly weaned calves also have to adjust when ...

STURGIS, S.D. & SPEARFISH, S.D. — Ranchers across the region are preparing to wean calves and western South Dakota cattle producers are experiencing good weather conditions as they wean their herds ...

This year, cattle producers in South Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado and Texas will have access to Weaned Calf Risk Protection Insurance. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Risk Management Agency is ...

Effective winter grazing management at Kalberer Farms has kept Jesse Kalberer, who raises Red Angus seedstock with his wife, ...

During any given production year on the ranch, cows/heifers are faced with nutritional and environmental stressors. They have ...

Every year, weaning time for calves is a stress on people and cattle. On our ranch, we started fenceline weaning 35 years ago—separating the cows and calves but putting them in adjacent pens or ...

When selling calves, shrink is a concern because it is a reduction in the sales weight. But abnormal levels of shrink are often used as a health indicator for cattle arriving in receiving facilities ...

For the week ending January 24, Western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded $10/cwt lower to $10/cwt higher compared to ...

I’ve had the privilege to work with, and learn from, many cattle producers through my Beef Extension work at Colorado State University. A common theme that is brought up on each ranch is profitability ...

In a natural setting, cows and nursing calves together set the feeding schedule for the calf, and calves wean gradually, completing weaning at varying ages. By contrast, in artificial rearing systems ...