Many times I have conversations with ranchers about how their cattle herd is doing, are their breed ups good, how is herd health, weaning weights of calves, overall performance of the cow herd, and ...

Many athletes are conscious of their diets ahead of their competitions to make sure they are setting themselves up for success. Similarly, beef producers manage their bulls to make sure they too are ...

BROOKINGS, S.D. -- Why is it that nearly every article on beef cow nutrition seems to focus on body condition? Surely with all the advanced knowledge and research that has been done over the years we ...

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 ...

Success at breeding time isn't a silver bullet; it's a timeline of nutrition, diagnostics and mineral management that starts ...

Body mass index allows people to evaluate their physical health by measuring body fat using a weight-to-height ratio. In a similar fashion, cattle producers employ the body condition scoring system to ...