Canada's cash cow: Meet the $1.2-million Holstein that will boost a ... - Globe and Mail

S he is long, leggy and classy. Her frame is all smooth lines and voluptuous curves. Every beauty contest she enters, she wins. In short, she is the Claudia Schiffer of the milking parlour. Her name is Eastside Lewisdale Gold Missy - she goes by ...
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It's time to capture direct, maternal heterosis - Drovers

Longevity, rebreeding and calf survivability are gaining importance as the nation’s cow herd becomes more straightbred. Animal scientists say that is because commercial cow-calf producers have forgotten or ignored hybrid vigor (heterosis). A ...
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Meeting your meat: One woman's farm-to-plate experience (Chicago Sun-Times)

From the time I toddled, I dabbled in "cooking," scrawling recipes with a newly acquired tripod grip. Later, I pored over cookbooks rather than breezy beach reads. As an adult, I wanted to share this world with my son. He's not an eater like me. We talk about food a lot, though, and he willingly tastes things that would, frankly, frighten most kids.
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Canada's cash cow: Meet the $1.2-million Holstein that will boost a ... - Globe and Mail

S he is long, leggy and classy. Her frame is all smooth lines and voluptuous curves. Every beauty contest she enters, she wins. In short, she is the Claudia Schiffer of the milking parlour. Her name is Eastside Lewisdale Gold Missy - she goes by ...
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Industry advisors say it is time to capture direct, maternal heterosis - High Plains Journal

Longevity, rebreeding and calf survivability are gaining importance as the nation's cow herd becomes more straightbred. That likely is because commercial cow-calf producers have forgotten or ignored hybrid vigor (heterosis). A crossbreeding program ...
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It's time to capture direct, maternal heterosis - Drovers

Longevity, rebreeding and calf survivability are gaining importance as the nation’s cow herd becomes more straightbred. Animal scientists say that is because commercial cow-calf producers have forgotten or ignored hybrid vigor (heterosis). A ...
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Alert over stock diseases - John O'Groat Journal

Alert over stock diseasesJohn O'Groat JournalSenior veterinary virologist Peter Nettleton said there are very reliable tests to detect BVD or Bovine Virus Diarrhoea. Vaccines are also very effective ...
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It's time to capture direct, maternal heterosis - Drovers

It's time to capture direct, maternal heterosisDroversAgain referring to USMARC research, she said the calves of British-based cows and Continental or Bos indicus sires had significantly reduced rates of bovine ...
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Meeting your meat: One woman's farm-to-plate experience (Chicago Sun-Times)

From the time I toddled, I dabbled in "cooking," scrawling recipes with a newly acquired tripod grip. Later, I pored over cookbooks rather than breezy beach reads. As an adult, I wanted to share this world with my son. He's not an eater like me. We talk about food a lot, though, and he willingly tastes things that would, frankly, frighten most kids.
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