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Every year at green up, grass managers must make decisions about when and where to begin grazing.

Although calving season management is the primary concern for most spring-calving herds, that is only half the battle, explained Warren Rusche, SDSU Extension Cow/Calf Field Specialist.

Even though we don’t know for sure how pasture conditions will turn out it’s never too early to make drought management plans.

Providing a protein supplement to late gestation cows grazing dormant range is usually sufficient to maintain cow performance.

The Baylor County Range Management Workshop will be May 1 at the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service office in Baylor County, 500 N. Main St. in Seymour.

Extra weight on a set of feeder calves can translate into more net dollars in the seller’s pocket.

A better understanding of the pre- and post-transportation risk factors and in-transit factors that influence calf welfare will inform strategies for improving animal welfare outcomes.

Achieving a 100 percent calf crop is very difficult, unless a farmer has only one cow. But a 100 percent calf crop is a great goal according to Eldon Cole, livestock specialist with University of Missouri Extension.

The only one way to find out if your fall 2014 calf crop really is outstanding, regarding quality and feedlot performance, is to retain ownership all the way to the packing plant.

Calves exposed to persistently infected bovine viral diarrhea (BVD-PI) animals are at greater risk for BRD as well