Few cattle producers like to get out of bed to check the cows at 2:00 a.m. It’s cold and dark then. When late-day feeding is implemented, field studies and researchers all report 80 percent or more of cows calve in the daytime.
. . . to have more cows and heifers calve in daylight hour, try to delay putting out hay and cubes until late in the day. . . The class of females that are of most need for daytime calving are first-calf heifers.
Source: Drovers, January 9, 2019. Link.
Also see: Are Your Cows Ready for the Last Trimester of Pregnancy? Bovine Veterinarian, January 24, 2019. Link.