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Looking for a breed to maximise returns on animals and land? Garren Coetzee, who runs a Chianina stud near Uniondale in the ...
He judged thousands of cattle, bred his own herd and made courageous decisions that were unpopular at the time, but proved to be the right ones to propel the industry forward. His work spanned ...
The Ohio Cattlemen’s Association’s (OCA) Beef Exhibitor Show Total (BEST) program wrapped up the 2024-2025 BEST season on May 3 at the Ohio Expo Center in Columbus at an awards banquet attended by ...
The breed’s black skin makes the Chianina resistant to extreme heat, said De Jager. “The Chianina is a hardy animal, with incomparable resistance to pests and parasites,” he said. READ Chianina cattle ...
She and her family raised Chianina beef cattle on their farmland adjacent to the lake community until 2002. She was a member of the Hanover Country Club and was an avid golfer into her early eighties.
The 2025 Major Stock Show season is winding down, and the Liberty FFA chapter has had an outstanding year. American Heifers were exhibited in Wave 1. In the Beefmaster division, Kaden Stevens placed ...
But another judge, another day.” Yeager’s younger brother, Kacey, showed a Chianina heifer Saturday morning, placing fifth in his class. Kacey is a sixth-grader at Sam Rayburn Intermediate School.
Resistance to flies can vary even within a single breed of cattle. “A study on Chianina cows found that certain individuals had over 4 times as many flies as their more resistant counterparts,” added ...
Originating in Italy more than 2,200 years ago, Chianina cattle are known as “the white giants.” They were first bred to be strong draft cattle, using their immense frame and power to plough the land.
Cows lined up to be milked at the Heeg Brothers Dairy, a 3,300-acre farm in Colby, Wis., with 28 total milking stalls arranged in two parallel rows. The parlor, which remains open around the clock ...