Spring calving time has arrived, and workload has sharply intensified for Flint Hills ranchers with cow-calf operations. A cow’s gestation is the period between conception and birth. During this time, ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. — “What’s rule number one?” veterinarian Charles “Chuck” Estill asks a room full of students attending Oregon State University’s Extension Service calving school. The gathering of farm ...

On our farm in Muscatine County, Iowa, spring means calving season. Everywhere we look, we see twos — a black Angus cow with a calf at her side.

The calving process is natural and a majority of time it happens without much fanfare—which is by design. However, there are situations where cows or heifers need help and intervention is necessary to ...

HAYTI, S.D. (KELO) — It’s calving season, and it’s been a busy one for the Solsaa Angus cattle farm. With over 40 calves birthed this month, a father and son duo have been working day and night ...

A fair-goer watches on as a cow at the Miracle of Birth Center prepares to give birth at the Minnesota State Fair.