IT’S the time of year that dairy, suckler and sheep farmers look forward to with equal measures of expectation and dread – the start of the calving/lambing season.

MITCHELL — The snow’s blowing sideways, the heavy stuff. It’s one of the few winter storms this year and it happens to fall on the first days of March, calving season. I arrive at Steve Easton’s farm ...

The calving process is natural and a majority of time it happens without much fanfare—which is by design. However, there are situations where cows or heifers need help and intervention is necessary to ...