In anticipation of calving season, the Kansas State University Department of Animal Sciences and Industry and K-State Research and Extension are planning a series of calving schools in January. The ...

Parturition, or the birthing process, has three stages. Understanding the stages is critical in order to know when/if we need to provide assistance during calving season to increase the likelihood a ...

The calving process is natural and a majority of time it happens without much fanfare—which is by design. However, there are situations where cows or heifers need help and intervention is necessary to ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - It’s another year, and another round of cold weather during calving season. “I enjoy the calving process and I don’t mind a little trouble here and there,” Sumner County farmer ...

When massive blocks of ice detach from glaciers, it is known as calving. This process is one of the main ways that glaciers lose mass, and has long been a dramatic visualization of changes in ice ...

ST. JOHN’S, Mich. (WLNS)—Dairy farmers across the United States help calves become healthy adults through a method called, “calving process and assistance.” This process consists of several steps when ...

Some calving cows and heifers may just need more time to go through the different stages of labour, rather than have immediate assistance to get the calf out quickly. Yet too many dairy and beef herds ...