Over the past half-century, there has been an unfortunate shift in the average American’s connection with the production of the food they consume.

Calving season is often accompanied by an unwelcome visitor. Calf scours can ride in out of seemingly nowhere and wreak havoc on young calves.

Some calves are injured at birth by improper pulling methods, especially when using a mechanical calf puller.

Cattle are a precocial species, meaning when born, they are relatively mature and mobile.

Newborn calves are most susceptible to developing calf scours, or diarrhea, within the first few weeks of life due to a number of nutrition and environmental factors.

When Gary Lee Price became manager of the Prairie Grove Ranch near Windthorst, Texas, calves were removed from the cows and shipped to market the same day.

Accurate data is pivotal for sound decision-making and improvement, especially when dealing with animal genetics.

Fresh air: It’s something we all long for – fresh air in a fall fog, in the winter blizzards, in the springtime showers and in the summer wildfire season.

Now may be a good time to look at your mineral program. In late gestation, the cow will be setting the calf up to meet its future trace mineral needs by filling the fetal liver with relatively high concentrations of trace minerals.