Cattle rely heavily on their sense of smell, and understanding their odor preferences could help improve handling, health, ...

Years of floods and low food prices have driven a dairy farm in England's northeast to stop milking its cows and instead ...

Farmers, cattle ranchers and hotel and restaurant managers breathed a sigh of relief last week when President Donald Trump ...

Diarrhea remains the most important cause of death in calves, especially during the first month after birth, which brings substantial economic losses to the dairy and beef cattle industries worldwide ...

When a dry cow or bred heifer experiences heat stress, her unborn calf does too. Carly Becker, a former dairy extension educator for Pennsylvania State University, and Bethany Dado-Senn, a calf and ...

Heifer calf targets must not be forgotten about in the midst of breeding and silage cutting season, as many calves are still only getting used to grazing fresh grass. It is important to look out for ...

On-farm blood testing to check dairy calves for successful passive transfer ... thing and they normally cure in a day. Over 12 months, heifer mortality is less than 1%.” ...

but maybe more so today in a market boasting record prices for heifers and calves and all other cattle classifications. One question cow-calf producers are asking is, “should I separate calves ...

In light of the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation’s (ICBF’s) statistics on the shortage of dairy replacement heifers being born on dairy farms, are farmers breeding enough heifers to suffice their ...

USDA’s Cattle on Feed Report was largely neutral compared to expectations but does continue to show a trend of tighter inventory in feedlots. The number of cattle and calves on feed was pegged at 98.5 ...

A dairy farmer who switched from a conventional way of milking to a holistic one says it is more rewarding. The calves at Babbinswood Farm near Oswestry, in north Shropshire, stay with their ...