DIMOCK, S.D. — The sound of mother cows calling for their newly born calves was heard through the howling wind. Despite the cold, whipping winds and sleet, calving season does not stop.
Many cattle farmers across the Midwest schedule a two- to three-month calving season in the spring. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, keeping a controlled birthing schedule can help farmers maintain improved nutrient, health and marketing management due to animal similarity throughout the year.
Dimock cattle farmers and father-son duo Wayne and Collin Gronseth welcomed the Mitchell Republic to their farm, approximately one mile north of Dimock, on Thursday April 7, to capture the scenes of the dwindling days of calving season on a South Dakota cattle farm.
1/Scenes from the Gronseth cattle farm near Dimock during calving season on April 7, 2022.
2/Scenes from the Gronseth cattle farm near Dimock during calving season on April 7, 2022.
3/Scenes from the Gronseth cattle farm near Dimock during calving season on April 7, 2022.
4/Scenes from the Gronseth cattle farm near Dimock during calving season on April 7, 2022.
5/Scenes from the Gronseth cattle farm near Dimock during calving season on April 7, 2022.
6/Scenes from the Gronseth cattle farm near Dimock during calving season on April 7, 2022.
7/Scenes from the Gronseth cattle farm near Dimock during calving season on April 7, 2022.
8/Scenes from the Gronseth cattle farm near Dimock during calving season on April 7, 2022.
9/Scenes from the Gronseth cattle farm near Dimock during calving season on April 7, 2022.
10/Scenes from the Gronseth cattle farm near Dimock during calving season on April 7, 2022.
11/Scenes from the Gronseth cattle farm near Dimock during calving season on April 7, 2022.
12/Scenes from the Gronseth cattle farm near Dimock during calving season on April 7, 2022.
13/Scenes from the Gronseth cattle farm near Dimock during calving season on April 7, 2022.
14/Scenes from the Gronseth cattle farm near Dimock during calving season on April 7, 2022.
15/Scenes from the Gronseth cattle farm near Dimock during calving season on April 7, 2022.
16/Scenes from the Gronseth cattle farm near Dimock during calving season on April 7, 2022.
17/Scenes from the Gronseth cattle farm near Dimock during calving season on April 7, 2022.
18/Scenes from the Gronseth cattle farm near Dimock during calving season on April 7, 2022.
19/Scenes from the Gronseth cattle farm near Dimock during calving season on April 7, 2022.
20/Scenes from the Gronseth cattle farm near Dimock during calving season on April 7, 2022.
21/Scenes from the Gronseth cattle farm near Dimock during calving season on April 7, 2022.
22/Scenes from the Gronseth cattle farm near Dimock during calving season on April 7, 2022.
23/Scenes from the Gronseth cattle farm near Dimock during calving season on April 7, 2022.
24/Scenes from the Gronseth cattle farm during calving season on April 7, 2022 near Dimock SD.
25/Scenes from the Gronseth cattle farm near Dimock during calving season on April 7, 2022.
26/Scenes from the Gronseth cattle farm near Dimock during calving season on April 7, 2022.
27/Scenes from the Gronseth cattle farm near Dimock during calving season on April 7, 2022.
28/Scenes from the Gronseth cattle farm near Dimock during calving season on April 7, 2022.
29/Scenes from the Gronseth cattle farm near Dimock during calving season on April 7, 2022.
30/Scenes from the Gronseth cattle farm near Dimock during calving season on April 7, 2022.
31/Scenes from the Gronseth cattle farm near Dimock during calving season on April 7, 2022.
32/Scenes from the Gronseth cattle farm near Dimock during calving season on April 7, 2022.
33/Scenes from the Gronseth cattle farm near Dimock during calving season on April 7, 2022.
34/Scenes from the Gronseth cattle farm near Dimock during calving season on April 7, 2022.
35/Scenes from the Gronseth cattle farm near Dimock during calving season on April 7, 2022.
36/Scenes from the Gronseth cattle farm near Dimock during calving season on April 7, 2022.
37/Scenes from the Gronseth cattle farm near Dimock during calving season on April 7, 2022.
38/Scenes from the Gronseth cattle farm near Dimock during calving season on April 7, 2022.
39/Scenes from the Gronseth cattle farm near Dimock during calving season on April 7, 2022.
40/Scenes from the Gronseth cattle farm near Dimock during calving season on April 7, 2022.
41/Scenes from the Gronseth cattle farm near Dimock during calving season on April 7, 2022.
42/Scenes from the Gronseth cattle farm near Dimock during calving season on April 7, 2022.
43/Scenes from the Gronseth cattle farm near Dimock during calving season on April 7, 2022.
44/A cow lies with five calves on Gronseth cattle farm near Dimock during calving season on April 7, 2022.
45/Scenes from the Gronseth cattle farm near Dimock during calving season on April 7, 2022.
46/Wayne Gronseth pets a calf on a cattle farm near Dimock on April 7, 2022.
47/Wayne Gronseth attempts to direct a calf on a cattle farm near Dimock on April 7, 2022.
48/Wayne Gronseth pets a calf on a cattle farm near Dimock on April 7, 2022.
49/Wayne Gronseth takes a drive on a cattle farm near Dimock on April, 7, 2022.
50/Wayne Gronseth tags a calf on a cattle farm near Dimock on April 7, 2022.
51/Scenes from the Gronseth cattle farm near Dimock during calving season on April 7, 2022.
52/A cow is contained in a chute as it prepares to give birth at a cattle farm near Dimock on April 7, 2022.
53/Collin Gronseth dons an OB sleeve while preparing to assist a cow give birth at a cattle farm near Dimock on April 7, 2022.
54/A cow is contained in a small pen as it prepares to give birth at a cattle farm near Dimock on April 7, 2022.
55/Collin Gronseth prepares to assist with the birth of a calf on a cattle farm near Dimock on April 7, 2022.
56/Collin Gronseth, front, and his father Wayne, back, assist with the birth of a calf on a cattle farm near Dimock on April 7, 2022.
57/Collin Gronseth, front, and his father Wayne, back, assist with the birth of a calf on a cattle farm near Dimock on April 7, 2022.
58/Wayne Gronseth stands over a newborn calf at a cattle farm near Dimock on April 7, 2022.
59/Collin Gronseth, left, reaches down to grab a newborn calf after he and his father, Wayne, right, assist with calving at a cattle near Dimock on April 7, 2022.
