Early weaning of calves may be advantageous in times of drought, when cows are in a confinement system, or as a body condition management tool for very young or old…
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Regardless of when and how many calves you will wean, methods of reducing stress on fresh weaned calves is of great interest to cattlemen and of benefit to cow-calf operations. …
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For most, weaning is in the books and pregnancy detection is complete or soon to be underway. Now is the time to pay attention to those pregnant cows out on…
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Fall is the time of year when many cow-calf producers make their replacement heifer selections and begin planning for the development of those heifers into bred females. Following are some…
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By Glenn Selk, Oklahoma State University Emeritus Extension Animal Scientist The “value-added” calf sales are well under way on the summer video sales and will certainly pick up as we…
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by Derrell Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension Livestock Market Economist Drought conditions have expanded rapidly in recent weeks across much of the western half of the U.S. Though many regions…
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Dr. Joseph M Stookey, University of Saskatchewan, discusses reducing calf stress with two-stage weaning. It's the time of year! Weaning causes stress not only for the rancher, but for the…