CORVALLIS, Ore. — “What’s rule number one?” veterinarian Charles “Chuck” Estill asks a room full of students attending Oregon State University’s Extension Service calving school. The gathering of farm ...

Spring calving time has arrived, and workload has sharply intensified for Flint Hills ranchers with cow-calf operations. A cow’s gestation is the period between conception and birth. During this time, ...

In cow-calf systems, many of the factors that determine productivity, fertility and longevity are set long before a ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM)– Farm Show attendees were treated to a surprise Tuesday morning as one of the cows gave birth to twin calves. The process of a cow giving birth is called “calving.” According to ...

Sometimes a first-calf heifer is confused or indifferent toward her newborn calf. She may just lie there after the calf is born and doesn’t get up to lick the calf, and when she does get up she may ...