Take the recent footage of her that has been going viral on social media. The footage shows Love exploring a grassy pasture for the first time in her life. “The cutest baby,” people are saying about ...

Ranchers who are calving during extreme cold don’t get much sleep but camera technology allows them to see what’s happening in the barn anywhere they are. “Last night when I was checking it was ...

A calf being nursed back to health was a casualty in the Wednesday morning barn fire on 8 Square Road, Warsaw. According to Plain Township (Leesburg) Fire Department Chief Derek Tenney, the fire ...

I have a big list of jobs that I want finished before I moved into the calving season because it ends up consuming your time and it really does tire you out. The extra jobs seem big when you don’t ...

“We aren’t very dry here; either we would be May calving or we have to calve when we do when it’s frozen.” The cows go through a heated calving barn, and are in there just long enough for the new ...

When it comes to calving, there are positives and negatives to spring or fall, including weather and nutritional factors to consider. “There’s just some tradeoffs there,” University of ...

“Facilities play a big role in that,” he says. “Some people have calving barns to get them in out of the weather.” Humphrey says some spring calvers are looking to calve a little later in ...

Our working pens, chutes and alley ways need to be in good working order. If we have a calving barn or indoor facility remember to check cameras, batteries and light bulbs. We want all facilities ...

This means you’ve got to keep an eye on your livestock barns and your herd health. The Dairyland Initiative in the School of Veterinary Medicine is an online resource for dairy farmers and industry ...

“For cattle operations that begin calving during this time, cows must have access to some type of confinement facility with the capability to provide bedding. Newborn calves will need space inside a ...

“We know that’s where it all begins,” says Heidi Fischer, co-owner of Fischer- Clark dairy. “You can’t expect (to get a) 130-lb. milk cow or greater if you don’t have a good calf barn, and then follow ...

A serious and highly contagious disease, S. Dublin often is shed via manure from older animals, readily spreading it to more vulnerable, young calves. Using a Danish entry to the calf barn can help ...