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Being prepared before the start of the calving season to assist with difficult births can improve calf survival. It is good to review the stages of parturition and when intervention should occur.
The winter and spring bull sale season is well under way. For many cow-calf producers, this is when catalogs are studied and sales are attended, with the focus being on the purchase of their next herd sires.
For some the “spring” calving season is upon them, although the calendar still says it is winter. For others, the start of the spring calving season is still several months away. The value of calves under current market conditions is amazing, with baby calves bringing close to the same amount of dollars today a weaned calf would bring just five years ago.
