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You might think record high prices would mean American ranchers are swimming in profits. It's not that simple. The reality on ...

Pubs 4 Paws raised $13,417 for Manistee Homeward Bound Animal Shelter, with $600 coming from eighth grader Stevie Allen.

Missisquoi Valley Union School receives generous donation of a Registered Aberdeen Angus heifer from the Rainville family, ...

New research reveals dramatic price differences producers can afford based on ranch costs and management strategies.

The team’s working hypothesis is that heifers demonstrating moderate forage intake with acceptable growth will ultimately become more forage-efficient cows. Simply put, they define an efficient cow as ...

The most expensive phase of feeding heifers on most operations occurs before they are weaned. From birth to around 3 months, an incredible amount of growth and development occurs that, in many cases, ...

Dairy heifers are an asset selling at over $3,000 as the number of heifers available is limiting. Beef-on-dairy calves have reduced the number of heifers on farms as beef-on-dairy calves are selling ...

This parody "Wanted!" poster on YouTube accompanies some of Country Yossi's songs, which were a fixture of Rabbi Daniel Stein's childhood. (Screenshot via YouTube) When I was a child attending the ...

As spring arrives, many cattlemen have selected their replacement heifers for breeding and should be considering pre-breeding and brucellosis vaccination to be completed in their replacement females ...

One step to building and keeping a productive cow herd is in replacement heifer selection. Using pre-breeding exams to help make decisions about which heifers should be kept or culled is a ...

A well-developed heifer can remain productive for eight to 10 years, delivering returns far beyond your initial investment. With cow numbers at historic lows due to drought and economic pressures, ...