Beef Specialist Dr. Rick Funston said the symposium is a national event that has been held all over the US. This is the ...

“Like a fertility clinic for humans — it’s the same idea, just bringing it to the beef cattle world,” Poole said. “They have found there are a lot of relationships between the microbiome of the ...

More than two hundred people gathered at the D&N Event Center for the 2025 Applied Reproductive Strategies Beef Cattle Symposium.

The summer months can be tough on cattle, especially when it's extremely hot and humid. In fact, cows can develop heat stress, which can impact reproduction. It's something Dr. Heather Schlesser with ...

Within a cow/calf operation, cow condition is vital to the overall reproductive performance of the cow herd. Beef producers should be mindful of the cows body condition and its relation to her ...

Calculating calving distribution is one way to evaluate the previous year’s cow herd reproductive performance. This assessment calculates the number of cows calving in 21-day periods during the ...

Ovarian follicle dynamics in cattle describe the intricate sequence of events whereby follicles develop, mature and, ultimately, influence reproductive outcomes. These dynamics encompass the emergence ...

Replacement heifer development is a key enterprise to a cattle operation. “Proper selection as well as reproductive and nutritional management during heifer development leads to heifers being ...

Dr. Jim Donahue and his team at ReproHealth Technologies are tweaking the design on a device that allows a surrogate cow to incubate embryos. (IBJ photos/Eric Learned) Dr. Jim Donahue did not ...