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Some ranchers utilize camera systems to monitor cows, mares, goats or sheep during birthing. This saves time and labor, and they don’t have to go outdoors as often in severely cold weather to check animals.

Scours! One of those words that will make most ranchers use “corral” talk immediately, regardless of who is standing around. Scours is a little like a wildfire. You can go years without one, and then one year it just runs through the herd, costing dollars and man-hours to treat, resulting in dead calves and lost income.

Calving is just around the corner, so now is the time to make sure you have all the tools on hand for a successful calving season.

Sometimes I wonder what cow-calf production in the U.S. would look like if we all spent more time with books in our hands instead of tools.

Even for experienced cattlemen, it’s sometimes difficult to understand exactly what’s happening during the calving process.

As a cow-calf producer, you know there’s nothing better than a hands-off, stress-free calving situation. But chances are, if you’re reading this and running cattle on your ranch, you know – realistically, there are times a hands-off approach just won’t cut it.