The Southern Great Plains has seen better forage growing conditions in 2013 than in many recent years. This has been, in part, due to less wind, cooler temperatures and more rainfall. Many ranchers ...

MONTGOMERY, Minn. — Jeff Tuma quit milking, but he didn’t leave the dairy industry. Tuma is a custom heifer raiser for two dairy producers, George Duban of Lonsdale and Mark Mundt of Waseca. At a ...

MONTGOMERY, Minn. — Jeff Tuma figured he’d raise steers after he quit milking in July 1998. Then, a dairy farmer approached him about raising heifers. At that time, no one was custom raising heifers, ...

Last year, Terry Kirkland ended up with what could only be described as a gift. A doctor friend was getting out of the cattle business and specifically wanted Kirkland to have his replacement heifers.

Good heifers are the future of a dairy, so it is important to raise them to grow optimally—to become healthy, high-producing cows. Dr. Bob James, a dairy consultant and owner of Down Home Heifer ...

FORT WORTH -- Minutes before showtime, 9-year-old Ashlynn Johnson sat nervously while her teacher braided her long hair. On Saturday, Ashlynn -- who spent the past year raising a Beefmaster heifer ...

Nayeli and Priscilla Garcia have been following in the footsteps of their grandfather — former Kuna dairy worker Efren Garcia — since they turned 8, routinely seeking his insights on hay market and ...

DENVER, Feb. 07, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A sharp decline in the number of dairy heifers available to replace older cows exiting the U.S. dairy herd could limit any meaningful growth in domestic milk ...

Cattle Ranches are declining nationwide as rising prices force ranchers to make difficult choices about how to stay in ...