heifer
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Instead a heifer, a young female cow, needs two years before she is able to produce a calf.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
He had already lost a heifer with weak lungs and feared future reproductive problems.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
His brother, David Workman, killed in a fall off a cliff as he rode a mule in the dark in search of a lost heifer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2024
Back home, he rose before the sun that Saturday to help his daughter load a 1,000-pound heifer named Iris into a cattle trailer.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 2, 2022
The first hint of it came when the Spot heifer failed to show up one evening at milking time.
From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson
Because ranchers faced feed costs that consumed the value of their livestock, they sold off their herds or accelerated the slaughter of cows and heifers, creating a temporary surplus that compromised future supply.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2025
The team started with a group of 20 Holstein dairy heifers ranging from three to six months old, who had previous experience in the cattle chute area and with human handling.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 14, 2024
The number of heifers, or young female cows, in U.S. feedlots as of Oct.
From Reuters ● Nov. 10, 2023
With the temperature in the mid-90s, the 52-year-old Texan found the bull — whose nickname reflects his owner’s affection for the late Rev. Billy Graham — and 11 heifers cooling under a canopy of trees.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 2, 2022
The horn and hoof showdown was less a showdown than a show: steers and heifers, sheep and goats, even dogs and cats displayed and judged in tents around the fairgrounds.
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
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