Anything that can be done to make an intensive block-calving period run as smoothly as possible will be advantageous for a busy farm team. It stems from preparing staff, processes and cows ahead of ...

An Irish Olympic race walker has used sports psychology to help him expand a simple spring-block system and keep it running profitably. We finds out more about spring block-calver Jamie Costin’s aim ...

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Sleep is as important to humans as food and water, but it is often sacrificed to work, especially for farm workers. Dairy farming, in particular, can involve long hours and substantial physical ...

Like some other area ranchers, John Chute, an Aitkin, Minn., cattle producer, delays his spring calving to take advantage of what's normally better weather in April and May. This year, however, the ...