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Calving
Preconditioning & Calving Studies Provide Cost Efficient Tips for Ranchers
Summer-calving cows require less supplemental feed, and calves are weaned older and heavier say University of Nebraska researchers ...
Tweaking calving season
Shortening the calving season is among the most effective practices a cow-calf producer can implement. Improving early calving frequency increases weaning...
Let's Keep It Clean, Boys
Imagine becoming ill and requiring overnight hospitalization. What if the hospital staff didn't have time to clean and sanitize your assigned room or...
A few more calving tips
As a veterinarian with 40 years' experience, plus an instructor of veterinary obstetrics at Washington State University, I would add the following points...
Calving Tips
As calving season draws near, there's a myriad of situations ranchers find themselves in. Ron Skinner, DVM and seedstock breeder from Hall, MT, gives...
Late Calving, Early Weaning Nets Higher Return
Calving in April and weaning during August may produce a lighter calf, but with feed costs at record levels, cow-calf producers will see better returns under this production system...
Fall calving with tall fescue
Spring may not seem the right time to be thinking about the virtues of fall calving, but if you live in the tall-fescue zone of the U.S., you should be...
Victory Is In The Planning
Planning for calving is a lot like formulating a battle plan. It can fall apart when the first shot is fired, but preparation and planning for contingencies...
From Our Columnists
High cost producers at a decided disadvantage
"Dumb luck can overwhelm knowledge and rational strategy in the short term. For the long haul, though, there is no substitute for...
Is a turnaround in the economy ahead?
Since the current biofuels era has negated the long-run effect of the traditional cattle cycle, ranch-management decisions have become more difficult...
Busting pinkeye in cattle
Growing up in Missouri, I saw firsthand the wonderful benefits that heat, humidity and high rainfall provide a fly population. Aside from the devastating production losses...
