Sometimes a first-calf heifer is confused or indifferent toward her newborn calf. She may just lie there after the calf is born and doesn’t get up to lick the calf, and when she does get up she may ...

The 2024 crop of calves are not too long on the ground, yet decisions about their management right now will determine the future of your herd significantly. Rearing heifers for replacements is a very ...

Heifers are the future of the cow herd. These young females represent genetic progress, years of investment, and the foundation of the herd’s long-term productivity. But as most ranchers know, despite ...

Looking at an efficient way of increasing cow numbers is always attractive, particularly against the backdrop of a shrinking national beef herd, so could breeding from a heifer once and then finishing ...

Now is the time to act if you have underweight heifers in your herd, writes Ronan Mulligan, Dairy Advisor, Teagasc Claremorris, who outlines ways to address underperformance at farm level. Lower ...