The majority of heifers will already have calved down this spring and it is of prime importance that lameness is avoided, because if they get it once, it may become a recurring problem. Lameness is a ...

Hunger-fighting non-profit Heifer International is set to sell its downtown Little Rock headquarters building to the Clinton Foundation in March, ...

The Green Party's new logo is an emoji. The federal party unveiled its new brand, a green dot, on Tuesday on Parliament Hill, possibly weeks before a snap federal election. "The great thing about ...

It's called Grow the Herd and offers incentives to producers who keep their heifers and calves for future breeding rather than sell them off, as well as those who purchase new animals. " ...

For those following the red heifer project in Israel, a pressing question has emerged: what happens if all the heifers are disqualified or age out before the ceremony can take place? Byron Stinson, ...

Dakar — Heifer International today announced the launch of its fourth annual AYuTe Africa Challenge in Senegal, offering up to US$20,000 in prizes to agritech startups driving agricultural ...

The red heifer holds a unique and sacred place in biblical tradition, especially in the purification rituals described in Numbers 19. To be considered suitable for these ceremonies, the red heifer ...

A prominent Hereford stud in central Victoria has taken out the Stud Beef Victoria Heifer Challenge as part of Stock & Land Beef Week, amid a selection of quality heifer exhibits.

Your yearling heifers have just completed their first winter and are coming up on one-year-old, which means that farmers may be thinking of turning them out to grass in the coming weeks. After feeding ...

According to Penn State Dairy Extension, managing heifer inventories on a dairy farm is not always easy. Having too few heifers brings a lot of risk to the future outlook and limits opportunities for ...

Is the “ideal” heifer fully grown by the time she has her first calf? Is breeding younger heifers, to calve earlier, detrimental to their lifetime productivity? The delicate dance to achieve the ...

Reproductive Tract Scoring (RTS) is a subjective measurement which involves the rectal palpation of the heifer reproductive tract (uterine horns and ovarian structures) and the subsequent assignment ...