GREAT FALLS— Calving season is nothing new to Don Eakman. For more than 40 years he’s lived in a farmhouse overlooking the Sun River, splitting his time between teaching elementary school and caring ...

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Toronto: Cows learn better when housed together, which may help them adjust faster to complex new feeding and milking technologies on the modern farm, a new study has found. University of British ...

Listen up loners: A new study says having friends can make you smarter, at least if you’re a baby cow. Researchers from the University of British Columbia found that young calves that live alone ...

Cow-calf prices are determined by interaction of many factors. At a particular auction, cow-calf pair prices often had a range of 75% of the mean price. This variability suggests that producers need ...

Cornstalk residue can be an economical source of forage for beef cattle in the winter. The leftover corn, leaf and husk are the most desirable parts of the corn plant to the animal. Modern farming ...

Now is the time to be thinking just how many cow-calf pairs should be turned out to grass. Stocking rates and grazing dates should have been planned and set. However, predictions of rainfall shortages ...

Cow-calf producers in the Midwest that endure constant pasture and hay challenges have had to find alternative ways to raise cattle. Erika Lundy, Iowa State University Extension beef specialist, said ...

Wisconsin students can learn about dairy and agriculture from local farms through Discover Dairy's Adopt a Cow program. Wisconsin classrooms are learning about dairy and agriculture by adopting a cow.