Calving season is an important and busy time of year as beef producers are preparing themselves for less sleep each night, ...

Thank you for your simple and educative articles. I am a new dairy farmer, and recently, I almost lost my calf at birth. I think the process started at night, and when we woke up, I found the calf ...

Parturition, or the birthing process, has three stages. Understanding the stages is critical in order to know when/if we need to provide assistance during calving season to increase the likelihood a ...

The process of "calving" or parturition in beef cattle is defined by three stages. Stage I occurs about four to 24 hours prior to calving. The major event during stage I is the dilation of the cervix.

The calving process is natural and a majority of time it happens without much fanfare—which is by design. However, there are situations where cows or heifers need help and intervention is necessary to ...

Calving season will soon be here. University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension Educator Aaron Berger suggests the following practices to help ensure a successful season. It’s critical to pay attention to ...

Understanding basic principles of animal behaviour and physiology can help farmers develop a functional and safe calving system. Rarely a year goes by without Health and Safety Executive records ...

During any given production year on the ranch, cows/heifers are faced with nutritional and environmental stressors. They have periods of high and low nutritional demands. Knowing the stress periods ...

* Charlie Purcell, of Keenan, offers some important advice to farmers on dry cow management. WITH SPRING calving almost upon us, it is very important that cows are in prime condition to ensure a ...

Calving a cow may seem second nature to most stockmen, but taking a step back and thinking about how you intervene could help prevent unnecessary losses. Eight percent of dairy calves are born dead or ...

The calving process, or parturition, occurs in three stages, namely dilation of the cervix, delivery of the calf, and the afterbirth or placenta. It is worth noting that if this process does not go ...