When it comes time to cull cows from your herd, pregnancy status is one of the first criteria that will determine whether a ...

Twice a day this fall, Parsons, Kansas, producer Peggy Weidert checks cows that are about to calve. She goes out in the ...

Every calving pushes a dairy cow’s calcium metabolism to its physiological limit. In the days around parturition, the demand ...

When calving cliffs at the margins of Earth’s ice sheets exceed a critical height, runaway retreat may be initiated in a process called the marine ice cliff instability. However, sufficiently tall ice ...

A 1550 square km (963 sq mi.) iceberg, designated A81 broke off Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf. A time-lapse of the 'calving process' was captured by satellites. Credit; ESA - European Space Agency ...

Choose correct barn site – Location is one of the most important factors in calving-barn design. Select a central site with convenient access to adjoining pastures. The site should also support ...

A cow can deliver a calf without assistance and spend less than an hour in active labor. Another can take nearly twice as long. Both may be recorded as normal calvings. Dr. Jessica McArt, professor ...

An AI-powered calving camera that monitors cows day and night has secured a silver medal for innovation at EuroTier.