PIERRE, S.D. — Cattle producers weigh a multitude of factors when determining when to start calving in South Dakota. But one factor they can't fully anticipate is the state's volatile weather. While ...

TAPPEN, N.D. - Dean and Twyla Stroh are winning a battle with cold, snow, mud and slop. The Strohs' calving season began on Feb. 8. Since then, they've calved out their embryo-transplant cows, their ...

TAPPEN, N.D. - One could be excused for thinking the central North Dakota weather on March 30 was an early April Fools' Day joke - and a cruel one at that. The northwest wind bit at exposed skin and ...

Apr. 10—With an unusually warm spring, calving season for southwest North Dakota beef ranchers has been supreme. At JC Farms in Adams County, spunky yet sweet newborn black Angus calves have already ...

TAPPEN, N.D. - One could be excused for thinking the central North Dakota weather on March 30 was an early April Fools' Day joke - and a cruel one at that. The northwest wind bit at exposed skin and ...

ANNAWAN, Ill. — Livestock owners in the area are overcoming obstacles during the coldest week of the season. Minnaert Show Cattle herdsman Adam Dynes said the farm had four calves this week, including ...

In cattle country, early spring is a season of both optimism and exhaustion. Forty weeks after gestation, the baby calves begin to arrive. Their births come with increasing frequency as calving season ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Calving season marks the beginning of a new ranching season for area farmers and ranchers by providing them with a fresh calf crop. For some producers in the state, calving ...