With replacement heifer inventories at their second-lowest level since the 1940s, the choice to buy, raise or hold off has ...

An NDSU heifer development calculator reveals the tight margins, hidden risks and why natural service breeding holds a $55 ...

ST. PAUL -- First-calf heifers represent the present and the future of dairy farms, but they need to adapt to many physiological and behavioral changes at calving. According to the USDA, first-calf ...

USDA’s latest cattle inventory and cattle on feed reports confirm the cyclical low is likely behind the industry, but ...

The postpartum period, or time between calving and the first estrus cycle, takes longer in heifers than mature cows. Bassett said full uterine involution is 30 days in heifers and about 20 days in ...

As the cattle head to the cool-season grass pastures, spring breeding plans are well under way. While most of the cows have calved, spring grass means breeding time is not far away. The other day was ...

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 ...

For many years, commercial cow/calf producers have used birth weight expected progeny differences (EPD) in sire selection to minimize calving difficulty. However, some producers have expressed concern ...

Timing is the key to a successful calving season, but beef cattle producers often wonder how they can narrow the calving window, or the timeframe in which cows will be giving birth. Speaking on a ...