From smart boluses to cameras and tail-mounted devices, the evolution of technology means unnecessary late-night trips to the ...

For a cow to feed a calf and retain its own body condition requires a good solid intake of essential nutrients. First-calf ...

If beef farmers are assisting a high proportion of cows at calving, or if stillbirth rate is higher than wanted, then cow ...

Paul, Margaret and Siofra Ryan are calving down 154 cows this year near Birr, Co. Offaly where they have steadily improved ...

Become pregnant early in the calving season and calve by 2 years of age. “Heifers that get bred in the first 21 days have an ...

Seasonal tips from The Beef Edge, the podcast bringing experts and their knowledge right into a farmer's home, tractor cab or ...

From backwards and breech births to hip-locked calves, here are tips for cattle producers to manage hard calf births this ...

Biosecurity is always of the utmost importance on beef operations. That importance is amplified at calving time due to two ...

With legislation now in place, David Wright outlines the main eligibility conditions in the new 4-year suckler cow scheme in ...

In Minnesota’s north country, a former kindergarten teacher-turned-rancher carefully walks forward on muddy, thawing ground ...

While lambing time always captures everyone’s hearts in spring, it’s also when calving of the larger proportion of the UK’s beef herds takes place and Givendale Farm livestock manager James Simpson is ...

Northern Irish farm leaders have welcomed the progression of the Suckler Cow Scheme into legislation, despite a delayed start ...