Just as home design differs for people across the United States, ideal housing for dairy calves has different characteristics regionally.
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While early weaning offers a lot of potential to improve performance and cut costs on the cow side, the disadvantage of weaning calves early i…
For cow/calf producers across the region, the edge of profitability is often times razor thin. Minimizing input costs to maximize income is a …
Many beef producers ascribe to the belief that the main job of a cow on the ranch is to annually raise a healthy calf. To do that she must be …
The global center of research for tropical cattle has to be somewhere. “Why not Illinois?” says Matthew Wheeler, University of Illinois resear…
SENTINEL BUTTE, N.D. – Creativity around the farm/ranch can help make the work safer and more efficient.
NEW ULM, Minn. – Maybe it’s because they have worked their whole lives with dairy cows. Maybe it’s just a natural bent to teach others about farming.
MABEL, Minn. – When we met Gabe Chase, in mid-November, he and the crew at Nelson Family Farms (NFF) were ready to calve out over 300 gestatin…
KILLDEER, N.D. – At Stroh Hereford Ranch, calving season is just beginning. The Strohs recently moved some of their cows closer to home to be …
We want every calf to be healthy, but unfortunately scours can occur.
During record-breaking winter weather, a bald-face calf named Spuds was born to a Marysville, Kansas farm that also doubles as a memory care f…
SPRINGDALE, Mont. – It is springtime in the Rocky Mountain region and for the Felton Angus Ranch, which lies at the base of the majestic Crazy…
Spring sale season in the Great Plains is in full swing. This is the time of year where seedstock producers get to showcase their programs pro…
With most producers across the region in the heart of calving season, it won’t be long before attentions will be turning to breeding season. N…
It’s that time of year again! We are calving hard, and with calving comes many complications – one of them being broken legs in calves.
At a Dairy Calf & Heifer Association webinar March 9, veterinarian Marissa Hake stressed the importance of communication in her presentati…
AMES, Iowa — The Iowa State University Extension and Outreach dairy team is hosting a field day focused on dairy technology on the farm.
Hoop buildings have been used for a variety of purposes by farmers in recent years, from livestock production to storage.
NEW ULM, Minn. – What an amazing day at Fritsche Dairy!
LUVERNE, N.D. – Tuesday, March 2, was a day the Svenningsen family had been looking forward to for a long time – they were finally starting to…
The most important meal of each calf’s life is its first.
During field days, Cole McCann, livestock operations manager for the Northern Ag Research Center (NARC), at Havre, Mont., introduced the cente…
FORSYTH, Mont. – As cold fronts moved in across Montana during early to mid-February, the temperatures dipped into the below zero range at Lar…
LAVERNE, N.D. – A typical calving day usually averages out to 4-6 new calves per day for Jordan Svenningsen, but Presidents’ Day (Feb. 15) was…
National FFA Week helps raise awareness each year about the role FFA plays in developing ag’s future leaders and in supporting ag education in…