Many indoor-housed cows isolate at calving when given the opportunity, and calving behaviors vary by blind and pen design. The objectives of this study were to determine if cows preferred calving in a ...

SHARON, N.D.-On the first day of spring, black calves nestled in a bed of yellow straw soaked in the rays on the south side of Cody and Jenn Bratlie's calving pen while their mothers ate hay or ...

The number of days a cow spends in the close-up pen will have a direct effect on fertility and milk yield, making it a vital parameter that all farmers should be tracking. Independent research carried ...