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Agriculture vocabulary · Livestock

Calving

Meaning in agriculture, with examples

/ˈkævɪŋ/nounCommon term

In agriculture, calving means: The act of a cow giving birth to a calf; also the period of the year when the cows in a herd give birth.

In Turkish: buzağılama, doğum

How it is used

Dairy and beef farmers talk about the calving season, calving interval, difficult calving and calving pens. The verb is 'calve' ('The heifer calved last night'). A good calving interval is about 12 to 13 months.

Example sentences

  1. Our calving interval has fallen to 13 months since we improved heat detection.

  2. Move the cow to the calving pen a few days before calving.

Common collocations

  • calving interval
  • calving season
  • difficult calving
  • calving pen
  • first calving
  • dairy farmA farm that keeps cows, or sometimes goats, sheep or buffalo, mainly to produce milk for sale.
  • cattleCows, bulls, steers and calves considered as a group and kept for milk, meat or work.
  • milk yieldThe amount of milk an animal or herd produces, usually measured in liters or kilograms per day or per lactation.
  • breedA group of animals of the same species with similar appearance and characteristics, developed and kept by people, such as Holstein cattle or Merino sheep.
  • herdA group of animals of one kind, especially cattle, goats or buffalo, that live, feed and are managed together.

This word in other fields

The same English word can have a different meaning in another field:

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