The difficulties associated with feeding and calving in cold, rainy and muddy conditions in the spring have caused many ...

UCCE experts urge producers to monitor their animals for signs of the parasite, which has been moving north from Central and South America.

Veterinarian shares six core principles to prevent calf sickness through better management instead of relying on medications.

All of these factors warn us to be looking for the development of a condition the industry calls “milk fever.” Milk fever is the most common term used to describe excessively low blood calcium ...

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In spring-calving dairy herds, most have a proportion of the herd dried off at the moment, with a view of all being dry over the coming weeks. Some will also be milking on a proportion of the herd ...

In anticipation of calving season, Kansas State University’s Department of Animal Sciences and Industry and Kansas State University Extension are planning a series of calving schools beginning in ...

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 ...

Fall calving can provide more agreeable weather than spring calving along with different marketing timetables, although it can require special nutrition planning for the winter months. Rain or shine, ...

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This story is reported by South Dakota News Watch, a non-profit news organization. Find more in-depth reporting at www.sdnewswatch.org. Editor’s note: This story originally published in June 2025 has ...