HAYES, S.D. — Traditionally, you may not think September is the time of the year to see fresh baby calves hitting the ground. But, for those that fall calve, calving season is well underway. At ...

Fall calving can give cattle producers some other options, from a management and marketing perspective. Teresa Steckler, University of Illinois Extension educator, says the herd at the university’s ...

CASTALIA, Iowa — Dale and Karen Green’s Spring Valley Farms is in the midst of fall calving. The farm with pastures along the Yellow River northeast of Castalia is a Century Farm started by Dale’s ...

Fall-calving cows, after weaning and during the summer, can gain at least one body condition score on bermudagrass pastures without supplement. At Overton, bulls are turned into the herd on the first ...

BROOKINGS, S.D. -- Conventional wisdom has held that open cows should be sold after pregnancy detection -- either immediately or after a feeding period to add weight and avoid low prices for cull cows ...

Missouri Extension releases updated beef cattle enterprise budgets showing improved cow-calf margins but challenges for other ...

In a broad sense, a moderately milking 1,300-pound cow would like to eat about 30 pounds of good, green hay a day prior to weaning. After weaning, that same cow only would need 26 to 27 pounds of that ...

Feb. 20—Ralph Morgan's livelihood is something of a spectator sport. Morgan is a cattle rancher. Each year, starting around the middle of February, his cows have their calves in a pasture near Highway ...

Have you ever stopped and thought about the reasons why you manage your cattle herd the way you do? Can you justify your calving season? You could calve in the spring and market calves in the fall. Or ...

To help reduce waste and stretch the food dollar, many people look for ways to use items in the refrigerator before they spoil. Beef producers with old hay stored on their operation often look for ...

Join us at the Madison County Extension Office for these upcoming meetings. Both meetings will be held at 6 p.m. These meetings also qualify for the CAIP Educational Credit. A meal will be provided at ...