In cow-calf systems, many of the factors that determine productivity, fertility and longevity are set long before a replacement heifer ever enters the breeding pasture. The biological foundation of ...

If animals can get to them, winter grass, corn stalks, and other crop residues are low quality right now as these feeds have ...

Scientists in Nova Scotia say they've found a way to give Bessie a longer reproductive life, and thus more milk for farmers. Researchers at Performance Genomics Inc., a biotechnology company in Truro, ...

Evidence indicates that allowing beef calves to stay in the maternal herd beyond the age of natural weaning promotes animal welfare and may enhance the cows' natural reproductive potential.

K-State beef cattle experts discuss why better measurement, sound husbandry and pre-calving management matter for efficiency ...

In experiments on mice, even at concentrations 100 times higher than milk from pregnant cows, blood hormone levels and reproductive organs were unaffected by dietary estrogens, report investigators in ...