Proper winter bull management prevents frostbite and maintains breeding soundness for successful 2026 breeding seasons.

BROOKINGS, S.D. - The time to process fall-weaned calves and determine pregnancy rates among cows will soon be here. Management of open cows is critical to the financial bottom line of a cow/calf ...

Unless you are breeding all your cows by AI (artificial insemination), you need a good bull, or several. The number of bulls ...

Many producers are now in full swing of calving season or soon will be in the Northern Plains. Although late winter has been relatively mild with above average temperatures the last few weeks, we had ...

Livestock producers know winter can be a challenge for their cowherds, and Karla Wilke, Nebraska Extension cow-calf and stocker specialist, reminds them not to forget about their bulls in their winter ...

n Cows should be on good pasture with clover and preferably low endophyte levels in fescue for the spring breeding season. Keep pastures vegetative by clipping or making hay. They should have abundant ...

During any given production year on the ranch, cows/heifers are faced with nutritional and environmental stressors. They have ...

As producers prepare for calving season and evaluate cow herd nutrition, here are some strategies to make sure cows are ...

Artificial insemination (AI) work has been completed on the farm and the bulls are now running with the cows for the ...