As feedlot cattle get heavier, cow-calf operations face rising maintenance costs. K-State nutritionist Phillip Lancaster ...

OMAHA (DTN) -- One of the most important areas that cow-calf producers need to manage is cow body condition, which is the amount of fat cover a cow carries through various stages of the production ...

Adding body condition can boost salvage value by hundreds of dollars per head, but feed costs, forage availability and market ...

The body condition scoring system (BCS) is used to assess body energy reserves in beef cows. The BCS system used for beef cattle ranges from 1 to 9. A score of 1 indicates cows that are thin and ...

It's cold out there, and without the right resources, cows will lose body condition through these winter months. (DTN/Progressive Farmer file photo) As winter storms hit producers across the country, ...

Monitoring the health of small-herd cattle is a big job, but automated drones might just be a farmer's new best friend. When I picture drone-filled scenes of daily life in our not-so-distant future, ...