K-State beef cattle experts emphasize early heifer preparation and the role of nutrition in early conception and calving ...

K-State beef cattle experts emphasize early heifer preparation and the role of nutrition in early conception and calving success.

New research reveals dramatic price differences producers can afford based on ranch costs and management strategies.

The team’s working hypothesis is that heifers demonstrating moderate forage intake with acceptable growth will ultimately become more forage-efficient cows. Simply put, they define an efficient cow as ...

Editor’s note: The following was written by Kiernan Brandt, Extension field specialist, for the South Dakota State University Extension website. Regardless of how efficiently reproductive success is ...

BROOKINGS, S.D. - Given the current economic situation, when it comes to raising their own replacement heifers, cattle producers need to sharpen their pencils and to ensure profits are still there at ...

"Those are some great heifers," the Dickinson Research Extension Center's ranch manager exclaimed while sorting the bred, home-raised heifers that were headed for the local sale barn. The feeling that ...

BROOKINGS, S.D. - Given the current cattle markets, cattle producers have a bit more to consider when deciding whether or not to raise or buy replacement heifers."Some extra homework needs to be done ...

The Southern Great Plains has seen better forage growing conditions in 2013 than in many recent years. This has been, in part, due to less wind, cooler temperatures and more rainfall. Many ranchers ...

DENVER, Feb. 07, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A sharp decline in the number of dairy heifers available to replace older cows exiting the U.S. dairy herd could limit any meaningful growth in domestic milk ...