March is Calving Time!

Spring is coming: the snow is melting, the birds are singing, and the cows are calving on our farm. On our farm, we plan to have all of our cows give birth in the springtime. Farms that have all their calves in one season are known as seasonal farms. We will have over 70 calves by the end of April. We have already had six calves since the first of March. Once it is warm (and our pastures are dry) our cows will have their calves out on the soft pasture. Until then, we let them calve inside our calving shed, to keep the calves from...