Feeding Strategies For Heifers
Replacement heifers are the future of the dairy herd, but very little research is focused on these animals.

Feeding Management Strategies For Growing Heifers
Replacement heifers are the future of the dairy herd, but very little research is focused on these animals.

Controlling The Amount Heifers Eat At The Feed Bunk
Heifers being prepared for breeding don't have to eat like pigs, stuffing themselves at all-you-can-eat feed bunks with unlimited refills, according to scientists at a Montana State University experiment station.

Breeding Innovation In Action: Does Size Matter?
The UK is fortunate to have many great breeds of dairy cow, and over the years these have been bred to suit the wide variety of management systems, climates and dairy products we enjoy in this country, said Peter Willies, Nocton Dairies Ltd, at the British...

Improving Production Efficiency And Meat Quality
US consumers love beef. We eat an average of about 63 pounds of it per person each year, says Sharon Durham, Agricultural Research Service Information Staff. Producing enough cattle to meet that demand requires efficiency and innovation.

Considering A Replacement Heifer Enterprise?
Kris Ringwall, Beef Specialist with North Dakota State University looks at a replacement heifer enterprise.

Feed-Restriction Programs for Growing Heifers
Over the last 40 years, heifer growing programs have undergone various phases and encountered various issues, writes A. F. Kertz, as part of the proceedings from the University of Florida Dairy Extension 20th Symposium.

Heifer Develeopment The Economic Importance of Reproduction
By Steve Boyles, OSU Extension Beef Team published in BEEF Cattle by Ohio State University Extension. The University of Minnesota maintained records and summarized the net profit or loss for heifers sold during a developmental period during a three-year...

Heifer Development: Target Weight Concept
By Steve Boyles, OSU Extension Beef Team published in BEEF Cattle by Ohio State University Extension - The Target Weight Concept is a method to control the amount of gain.

Heifer Development: Puberty
By Steve Boyles, OSU Extension Beef Team

Intergrated heifer management: Critical success factors
By Stephen Boyles, Ohio State University Beef Extension Specialist.

Dairy Heifer Health, Disease Control, and Vaccinations
By Tom Bailey, Extension Specialist, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine; Julia M. Murphy, Extension Specialist, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine; Robert James, Professor, Department of Dairy Science; Virginia...

Nutrition for the Early Developing Heifer
By Tom Bailey, Extension Specialist, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine; Julia M. Murphy, Extension Specialist, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine; Robert James, Professor, Department of Dairy Science, Virginia...

Mastitis Control in Heifers and First Lactation
By G.M. Jones, Professor of Dairy Science and Extension Dairy Scientist, Milk Quality & Milking Management, Virginia Tech; T.L. Bailey, Jr., Assistant Professor, Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, and Extension Veterinarian, Virginia Tech....

Buying vs. Raising Replacement Heifers
By Jason Cleere, Assistant Professor and Extension Beef Cattle Specialist, The Texas A&M University System - Should beef cattle producers raise replacement heifers, or buy them?