Heifer development should be considered one of the easiest management components of your cow-calf herd. You're not pushing her for gain, she is not nursing a calf yet, she doesn't tear up fences and ...

Every cow-calf producer adopts a system of heifer selection and development for his herd. There is no one perfect answer for increasing productivity and profitability, but there are some basic ...

Evaluating replacement heifers through quick pre-breeding exams, growth tracking and proper nutrition helps ensure conception ...

This is an interesting time in the cattle industry. High feed costs, paired with a multi-year drought, have been circumstances for producers to deal with. Despite high inputs, some producers are ...

More than 50 heifers from across the region and as far away as Montgomery, Alabama, will spend the next few months at Stephen F. Austin State University’s Walter C. Todd Agricultural Research Center ...

What kind of dollars can a heifer development project generate? We need to keep in mind that costs will be dependent on keeping the fall heifer versus selling the heifer. These costs will vary ...

Nebraska Extension is unveiling a new a opportunity for beef producers across the state, with the inaugural year of the Great Plains Heifer Development Center at the Haskell Ag Laboratory, near ...

With a focus on heifer development, raising commercial cattle and managing a feedlot, the operation implemented genomic testing in 2021. Mathews said, “We were selecting visually and over the years, ...

"Those are some great heifers," the Dickinson Research Extension Center's ranch manager exclaimed while sorting the bred, home-raised heifers that were headed for the local sale barn. The feeling that ...