Regardless of when a cattle owner decides to calve—spring or fall—it’s one of the most stressful times of the year. With so many challenges related to animal welfare, disease management, and safety ...

Interest in calving barns has grown steadily in recent years as cattle producers look for ways to improve herd management, operational efficiency and animal well-being. “A well-designed calving barn ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Apr. 10—With an unusually warm spring, calving season for southwest North Dakota beef ranchers has been supreme. At JC Farms in ...

TAPPEN, N.D. - Dean and Twyla Stroh are winning a battle with cold, snow, mud and slop. The Strohs' calving season began on Feb. 8. Since then, they've calved out their embryo-transplant cows, their ...

TAPPEN, N.D. - One could be excused for thinking the central North Dakota weather on March 30 was an early April Fools' Day joke - and a cruel one at that. The northwest wind bit at exposed skin and ...

TAPPEN, N.D. - One could be excused for thinking the central North Dakota weather on March 30 was an early April Fools' Day joke - and a cruel one at that. The northwest wind bit at exposed skin and ...

EDINBURG, N.D. – As twilight fades to darkness, Joel Mathiason’s gentle hands lift a newborn calf to its feet and steer it into a barn stall knee-deep in straw. A cow follows. When she enters the ...