Calving season
Calving season at the Turk Stovall ranch south of Billings.
A calf moos as it stands in a pen with other recently born animals and their mothers at the Turk Stovall ranch.
Gus Bass tends to a calf as calving season continues at the Turk Stovall ranch south of Billings.
A newborn calf stands on wobbly legs under its mother in the ban at the Turk Stovall ranch.
Rancher Turk Stovall checks a calf in the barn as calving season continues at his ranch south of Billings.
Cows and calf pairs feed on a strip of hay in the middle of a snow-covered field at Turk Stovall ranch.
Gus Bass tends to a newborn calf as calving season continues at the Turk Stovall ranch south of Billings.
Dakota Barr sits atop Apples as he makes notes on the calving operation at the Turk Stovall ranch.
A newborn calf stands on wobbly legs under its mother in the barn at the Turk Stovall ranch. Diesel-powered space heaters consumed up to 55 gallons of fuel a day to keep the temperature in the barn just above freezing. At the ranch, the temperature has dropped below zero 26 times this winter.
Tarps and heaters are set up in the calving barn at the Turk Stovall ranch because of recent cold weather, which hit at the height of calving season.
Dakota Barr, on horseback, drives a cow into the barn as she prepares to give birth at the Turk Stovall ranch.
Cow and calf pairs run to a strip of hay as it is laid down by a tractor in the middle of a snow-covered field at the Turk Stovall ranch.
Gus Bass, left, and Sal Frasier pull a calf as calving season continues at the Turk Stovall ranch south of Billings.
Cows eat hay at the Turk Stovall ranch.
Rancher Turk Stovall makes notes on calving progress in the barn.
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