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7 calving season safety tips to keep in mind

Producers can make calving season more safe and less stressful by reviewing calving basics, gathering all necessary supplies and getting their facilities in shape.

February 20, 2023

Liane Carter

Here are seven tips for ensuring your cows, calves and handlers have the easiest and safest time possible when it comes to calving.

Must-haves, resources and strategies for calving season

It's crucial cow-calf producers expect the unexpected during calving season. Four beef cattle experts from around the country weigh in on strategies, plans, equipment, management practices, information and resources to help cope with challenges.

December 15, 2022

Bruce Derksen

Calving season is a critical time for commercial and seedstock beef cow-calf producers alike. To help them prepare, a variety of short- and long-term strategies and plans are devised, which may include specific management decisions plus the acquisition of tools, equipment and information-based resources.

Record calf and heifer info to boost success

Recording calf and heifer health events, growth, genetics and reasons for culling and utilizing this data can improve long-term calf and heifer management.

December 9, 2022

Robert Fourdraine

Typically, the majority of data recorded on a dairy are events and performance data related to the animals in the milking herd.

West: Getting ready for calving season: Prepping your tagging bag

December 5, 2022

Meranda Small

While spring calving season is still several weeks out for a number of operations, now could be a good time to start preparing.

Managing impacts of length of dry cow period performance in subsequent lactation

Data shows that short or long dry periods can have a significant negative impact on subsequent lactation production, reproduction and SCC.

September 3, 2022

Robert Fourdraine

An effective transition cow program is a critical element in managing a dairy farm. Over the past 10 years, dairy farms are paying closer attention to how cows are managed during the transition period.

How to simplify data for more reliable information in DairyComp

June 16, 2022

Anibal Nascimento

The dairy industry has faced constant change over time. Driven by economic challenges, technological innovation, consumer expectations, demanding regulations, etc., the global industry has refused to be stagnant.

The rising cost of fertilizers: Not a one-year fix

February 28, 2022

Ritika Lamichhane, Olga S. Walsh, and Eva Nambi

Fertilizers play a very significant role in agricultural production, with 30% to 50% of the world crop yields being attributed to fertilizer use. Nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) are the primary fertilizers used in the agriculture sector.

Cybersecurity: Not just for the tech savvy

January 25, 2022

Matti McBride

A large part of dairy farming is recordkeeping. Reproduction dates, feed rations, production records, employee timecards, financial information, equipment information and more are things stored either physically or digitally somewhere on your farm. What are you doing to protect it?

Protect your pasture

November 30, 2021

Owen Feenstra

Almost all forage production can be traced back to one crucial input, one necessary ingredient: rainfall. In the farming and ranching community, the health of our operations is heavily dependent upon this one crucial variable.