Calving Pens: Be Safe, Secure & Efficient when Calving
Calving Pens: Helping the Calving Process Be Safe, Secure & Efficient Calving pens have changed significantly in recent years – evolving from the traditional manual headgate attached to two posts with adjacent panels. Today, calving pen designs are focused on the safety and well-being of the rancher, cow and calf. From semi-circular designs to portable […]
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How Soon Will a Cow Breed Back After Calving
How Soon Will a Cow Breed Back After Calving (SAINT JOSEPH, Mo., April 30, 2024) We expect a lot from a cow. She spends roughly 283 days in gestation, delivers a calf, and then we prepare her for breed back and expect her to conceive problem free during her first heat. That is a lot […]
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Raising Dairy-Beef Feeder Calves
Raising/Feeding Dairy-Beef Feeder Calves Many dairies are now breeding some of their cows—the ones they don’t raise replacement heifers from to beef bulls, generally using semen from Angus or Charolais. The beef-dairy cross calves are worth more as day-old calves than straight dairy calves, since the beef crossbreds feed out similar to beef animals. Some [...] READ MORE
