The I-29 Extension Dairy Consortium's recent educational effort titled Raising Your Best Calf Ever updated calf raisers on the key components of raising dairy calves. It started with a "Boots on the ...

Sometimes a calf loses its mother or has a mother that won’t accept it or can’t feed it. Many ranchers have raised calves on bottles. It might be an orphan or a twin—and the mother doesn’t have enough ...

A growing number of dairies are breeding some of their cows—the ones they don’t plan to raise replacement heifers from--to beef bulls, using semen from Angus or Charolais. The beef-dairy cross calves ...

TRAFALGAR, Ind. — A new barn sits in the field behind Indian Creek High School. Students walk back to animal science class for a hands-on education at the Creek Cattle Company. "It's not every day ...

The Duckett brothers grew up on a ranch in Oregon, went to college, then worked at other jobs. A few years later they decided they wanted their families and children to have the same opportunities ...

DECORAH, Iowa — With feeder calves bringing $1,800, Eric Smith is focusing on commercial calves. He had been a cooperator herd for seed stock breeders but backed off from that with high cattle prices.

YAKIMA, Wash. — Raising cattle is more than just a business for the owners of Garibay Ranch; it’s a labor of love. Juan and Inga Garibay of Yakima, Wash., believe in taking a hands-on approach with ...

The United States and European Union have pledged another way to tackle climate change, and it could have a direct impact on agriculture. The pledge is to reduce methane emissions by at least 30% by ...

FLOYD, Iowa — Mark Rader loves his cattle. "I like to drive the Ranger out to the pasture early in the morning, check the cows and watch the sun come up, and then I return to the same spot at night ...

Medical Lake, Wash. — Three and a half feet of snow is miserable for just about anyone, especially if you have 150 head of cattle. All roughly two weeks away from calving, cows that have to be feed a ...