Drovers

Successful Heifer Pregnancy on First Service Brings Lifetime Returns

Getting heifers developed, inseminated early and confirmed pregnant plays a significant role in the lifetime productivity of ...
Drovers

Why Should Commercial Cattle Producers Track Birth and Weaning Weights?

Idaho rancher Dawn Anderson explains why guessing cattle weights leads to lost profit and how the right scale system provides ...
Post Register

Barnyard Basics: When heifers don't mother their calves

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 ...
Capital Press

Special delivery: Helping cows give birth at calving school

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 ...
The Times and Democrat

Heifer gives birth to triplets

ALLISON, Iowa — Steve Edeker’s heifer, Blink, defied the herd when she calved late this season. She defied the odds when she had triplets when finally giving birth June 14.
Washington Times

Expectant cows arrive to give birth at Georgia National Fair

PERRY, Ga. (AP) - Some of the biggest stars of this year’s Georgia National Fair arrived on the grounds Tuesday. They are six Holstein cows that will give birth in front of an audience at the fair’s ...