WATFORD CITY, N.D. — For five months the girls and I have been feeding bottle calves. It’s a long story, the way bottle calves’ stories usually start. First we had one, and then we had two, because if ...

In this episode of Mother Earth News and Friends podcast, Callene Rapp meets with Charlotte French to discuss bottle feeding livestock to include, calves, lambs, and kids. Callene Rapp graduated with ...

It’s that time of year again, the warmth of the sun has returned, the Bermuda grass is coming out of dormancy, my ghost white legs are seeing some sun, the canola fields are blooming beautifully—in ...

Many ranchers have raised calves on bottles. It might be a twin, or a heifer’s calf that isn’t accepted by its mother, or a calf whose mother died. The important thing, if it’s a newborn calf, is to ...

Springtime brings flowers, (hopefully) rain showers, the reminder of what it feels like to have the sun warm you skin and of course baby calves—and with this season, there is always a good chance of ...

Why inconsistency in daily management quietly undermines calf health and how veterinarians can help stabilize outcomes before ...

Sometimes a calf loses its mother or has a mother that won’t accept it or can’t feed it. Many ranchers have raised calves on bottles. It might be an orphan or a twin—and the mother doesn’t have enough ...