An Irish Olympic race walker has used sports psychology to help him expand a simple spring-block system and keep it running profitably. We finds out more about spring block-calver Jamie Costin’s aim ...

Anything that can be done to make an intensive block-calving period run as smoothly as possible will be advantageous for a busy farm team. It stems from preparing staff, processes and cows ahead of ...

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WHILE most Scottish dairy farmers calve all year round, some are looking at the benefits of moving onto a block-calving system, which is already proving cost-effective for Nuffield Scholar, Wallace ...

MIAMI, Okla. - The December "Ranching on the Cherokee Prairie" publication from Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service provides tips to cattle producers who have a spring-calving herd. January: Feed ...

Like some other area ranchers, John Chute, an Aitkin, Minn., cattle producer, delays his spring calving to take advantage of what's normally better weather in April and May. This year, however, the ...

Philadelphia, February 27, 2025 – Sleep is as important to humans as food and water, but it is often sacrificed to work, especially for farm workers. Dairy farming, in particular, can involve long ...

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 Missouri ...

Several factors can determine when spring calving herds start calving, with a wide range of calving dates considered spring calving. John Bolinger is a veterinarian based at Tipton, Missouri. He says ...

Chris Johnson is accustomed to seeing double at this time of year. His family's beef cattle operation near Sharon, N.D., is dealing with another spate of twin calves this spring. Of the first roughly ...