The Department of Agriculture says warmer weather during the latter part of February has decreased snow cover substantially and benefited calving and lambing.
There's quite a bit of technique involved with tagging newborn calves. The idea is to get out and do the job as soon as possible. Pic from JD Collins/KIKN via Sprint Sioux Falls
The U.S. Ag Dept's National Ag Stats Service says lots with capacities of 1,000 or more head contained 230,000 cattle on feed on Feb. 1, up 5% from last year.