Spring calving time has arrived, and workload has sharply intensified for Flint Hills ranchers with cow-calf operations. A cow’s gestation is the period between conception and birth. During this time, ...

It’s a typical scene during a cattle drive—a mob of cows and calves being moved from spring pastures to summer range, or from one range pasture to the next, or gathered to bring home in the fall—with ...

This story has been updated with comments from a South Dakota Brand Board inspector. SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Rancher Paul Schultes said it’s not unusual for some cows and calves to be missing when ...