The first milk from a cow is critical to a calf’s ability to fight disease and infection, and it also reduces calf loss ...

Weaning is a stressful time for calves. There are social stresses associated with removal from the dam and disrupting social hierarchy, physical stresses of transportation and the marketing system, ...

Weaning at home reduces stress and improves profit in calves, says University of Missouri Extension beef nutritionist Eric Bailey. Unfortunately, more than 55% of calves are weaned on the trailer on ...

Evidence indicates that allowing beef calves to stay in the maternal herd beyond the age of natural weaning promotes animal welfare and may enhance the cows' natural reproductive potential.

In most of the Upper Midwest, the grasses are turning to gold, along with the leaves, and soon ranchers will wean their calves. Weaning can be a stressful time for calves and for cattle producers.

Pregnancy and fertility percentage, along with live calves at weaning, are important economic factors for producers and ranchers. “There's lots of production parameters we keep track of with calving.

Producers have pros and cons to consider for spring and fall calving, as well as the timing of each. Editor’s note: The following was written by Taylor Grussing, South Dakota State University ...

There are both advantages and disadvantages to weaning beef calves early. Early weaning means weaning calves at three to five months of age, opposed to the standard five to eight months. Advantages ...

BROOKINGS, S.D. -- Weaning is the most stressful event in a calf's life. If calves can weather this stress unscathed, they have cleared a major hurdle to a productive future in the feedlot or as a ...

Recently I attended a high school football game just a few blocks from that community’s local cattle auction. As I watched the players warming up, I hardly noticed the bawling noises made by the ...