Carefully preparing replacement heifers prior to breeding season is essential for improving conception rates and ensuring cows calve early and remain productive throughout their lifetimes, according ...

Early grazing-season forages may not have enough nutrients to satisfy your heifers’ needs. Either wait to turn them out or ...

Heifer development is one of the most substantial expenses for beef cattle operations. Time quickly gets away when you’re a cow-calf operator, but it’s essential to keep the first calf heifers on ...

Whether you are going to be using artificial insemination or turning out bulls for natural service, planning plays an ...

A heifer's ability to become pregnant, calve, and rebreed has long-term consequences for the financial success of any ...

hile it seems like a natural event, getting pregnant is not always as easy as it sounds, especially if the female isn’t having estrus cycles. Specific to cattle, the experts at the Kansas State ...

A successful breeding season doesn’t happen by chance. According to veterinarians at the Kansas State University Beef Cattle Institute, producers can improve herd performance by focusing on three ...

SAN ANGELO, Texas (Concho Valley Homepage) — The cattle barns at the San Angelo Stock Show were overflowing as hundreds of exhibitors gathered for the Junior Breeding Heifer shows. Competition began ...

Since calving season is in full swing in April, livestock producers should start thinking about the upcoming breeding season, said David Fernandez, Ph.D. Fernandez is an Extension livestock specialist ...

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