Florida ranches can enroll starting in October 2021 and will receive two technical visits to the ranch.

First Visit: approximately 10 to 20 days prior to the beginning of the breeding season heifers will be evaluated for reproductive potential.

Exams consist of an assessment of age, breed composition, body weight (if a scale is available), body condition score and reproductive tract score (RTS).

RTS is a powerful and accurate indicator of the reproductive potential of individual heifers.

Based on the RTS and other assessments, ranchers will be equipped to make informed management decisions based on the reproductive potential of heifers.

Second Visit: approximately 30 days after the beginning of the breeding season. Heifers will be evaluated for their reproductive performance.

Heifers will be submitted to a pregnancy test, and producers will know which heifers became pregnant or remained open. Alternative dates for the pregnancy test are possible.

The cost-recovery fee for this program is based on our travel expenses and a per-animal fee:

Travel (total for two trips):

•             <150 miles: U$100.00
•             >150 miles: U$250.00 

Heifer Work (for the two visits)

Includes one RTS evaluation prior to the breeding season (usually 10 to 2- days prior to starting the breeding season) AND one pregnancy test at a time to be arranged (usually 30 days after the end of the breeding season):

•             Less than 40 heifers: U$400.00 flat fee
•             Between 41 and 100 heifers: U$10.00/heifer                        
•             Between 101 and 200 heifers: U$8.00/heifer
•             More than 200 heifers: U$7.00/heifer

• Record of individual animal data (ID, body weight, BCS, breed composition, date of birth)
• Analyses and report on individual and herd reproductive potential (RTS, First Report) and reproductive performance (pregnancy test, Second Report)
• Opportunity to connect with many ongoing livestock extension programs
• Recommendations on implementation of reproductive technologies
• Benchmarking through an anonymous comparative analyses to other herds in Florida at the end of the breeding season (Final Report and Florida Ranking)

Know Your Heifer Final Report & Florida Ranking

Know Your Heifer Final Report Presentation

Know Your Heifer Flyer

Reproductive Tract Score for Heifers

Calculating Reproductive Performance in Beef Operations:

Gulf Coast Cattleman

Know Your Heifer Photos