With calves weaned, veterinarians criss-cross the country conducting pregnancy checks, or preg checking, cow herds. The vet calls out and marks an “O” on the hips of “open” or non-pregnant cows.

With calves weaned, veterinarians cross the country conducting pregnancy checks, or preg checking, cow herds. The vet calls ...

Calculating calving distribution is one way to evaluate the previous year’s cow herd reproductive performance. This assessment calculates the number of cows calving in 21-day periods during the ...

Managing fertility has never been more important on Irish dairy farms, and farmers are increasingly relying on data for the ...

I keep dairy crosses in a mixed zero grazing and free-range system. I also use Artificial Insemination but this was until last year when a farmer friend advised me to try his bull. This ended in ...

Evidence indicates that allowing beef calves to stay in the maternal herd beyond the age of natural weaning promotes animal welfare and may enhance the cows' natural reproductive potential.

Reproductive failures can occur in any cow-calf operation and account for a significant chunk of the financial loss incurred from a poor calf crop. Let's take a look at the top 5 reproductive failures ...

It’s easy to get caught up in all the new techniques and tools when it comes to managing a cow herd, but it’s worth taking a look at the most basic part of the cow herd—the cow—and what she needs to ...

In experiments on mice, even at concentrations 100 times higher than milk from pregnant cows, blood hormone levels and reproductive organs were unaffected by dietary estrogens, report investigators in ...