OSU and KSU experts explain why restricting nutrients fails to prevent dystocia and how maintaining a BCS 6 ensures calf ...

Heifers are the future of the cow herd. These young females represent genetic progress, years of investment, and the foundation of the herd’s long-term productivity. But as most ranchers know, despite ...

Giving cows a good start at the beginning of lactation can sometimes be a struggle. Hypocalcemia — also known as milk fever — ...

Some calving cows and heifers may just need more time to go through the different stages of labour, rather than have ...

The consensus? The team agreed that thin cows are more costly due to potential calving difficulties and a longer infertility ...

The calving process is natural and a majority of time it happens without much fanfare—which is by design. However, there are situations where cows or heifers need help and intervention is necessary to ...

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 ...

Act quickly when one or two cases appear, as the issue is unlikely to resolve without intervention, writes independent ...