Calf
A Kentucky farm mom captured this heartwarming moment while saving a newborn calf from the cold.
Diagnostic strategies help identify gestational nutrient gaps linked to stillbirths and weak calves.
OSU’s Mark Johnson reviews the Oklahoma Gold and Oklahoma SuperGold supplementation programs as a means of adding profit potential.
K-State beef cattle experts provide insight on practical ways to reduce weight loss while transporting cattle to sale.
During a severe storm wide variety of animal injuries can result. When deep wounds result, Tetanus is a potential problem.
A proactive management plan including early preparation and close monitoring is key to a stress-free, healthy weaning time.
Four beef cattle specialists share tips to help producers provide good nutrition at weaning.
Here are three options producers can consider when weaning calves.
Four beef cattle specialists share strategies to help producers decide when to wean calves.
K-State veterinarian Bob Larson says 3% to 5% of calves suffer from pnemonia each year.
Producers should consider several factors to determine if creep feeding benefits them and evaluate based on the market each year.
What is the value of a single cow calving one heat cycle earlier? If calves gain about 2 lb. a day from birth to weaning, in the current market with a pound of weaning weight valued in excess of $3, the added 40 lb. of weaning weight is worth at least $120 per cow.
Experts at Kansas State University’s Beef Cattle Institute share guidelines for tracking herd health.
It is estimated that cattle suffering from fescue toxicosis and heat stress alone cost the beef industry more than a billion dollars a year. University of Missouri demonstrates hair shedding is an economic relevant trait beyond the Southern U.S.
Strategies for evaluating herd performance following calving.
Losses range between $15 and $88 per head, conservatively, a result of reduced herd productivity, health and reproductive efficiency.
The tiny, annoying pest can wreak $6 billion in losses annually to U.S. cattle production due to decreased weight gain or milk production, veterinary needs and control measures.
Implementing low-stress handling techniques while working cattle can save producers time, money, injury and headaches.
“I have seen minimal problems with scours and pneumonia. I think this set of calves moving to grass is as good as I’ve seen when I look back over the last 10 years,” says one Iowa veterinarian.
The first few hours of a calf’s life are critical to its success. Sometimes when producers need to intervene, the new mom goes into protection mode.
One of the easiest and most effective biosecurity practices to adopt is having separate footwear and clothing for wearing on and off the farm or ranch. Check out the other five ideas our industry experts recommend.
While some operations are increasing cow numbers, there are a couple segments decreasing numbers or exiting for good.
Crossbreeding has shown increases in growth rate starting in utero, calf survival rate, immune function, average daily gain and longevity in cows.
The pest can travel on humans, vehicles, pets, livestock and even on some wildlife species — all of which increase the likelihood it could eventually enter our country.
Veterinarian Kirk Ramsey discusses ways to to prepare first-calf heifers to breed back.
One of the questions veterinarians are helping cow-calf producers answer is whether it’s a better decision to raise their own calves or buy them.