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This work measures 10 x 7.5 inches. It is signed and dated bottom right lightly in pencil, H. Stooshinoff 2011. There is a white border around the image, which will enhance framing. External paper size is 11 x 14 inches.

Young technology entrepreneurs led by Sue Kahumbu and Charles Kithika have developed a pioneering voice-based mobile phone application called “iCow” that helps farmers to manage the breeding cycles of their dairy cows.The application handles dairy cow nutrition up to calving day, using prompts by the mobile phones now widespread in Kenya, even used by illiterate farmers. The pilot project won the “Apps4Africa” contest organised by the U.S. State Department and three African partner organisations.

Originating in 19th century Belgium by crossing local cattle with British cattle, the Belgian Blue cattle are gigantic bovine wonders. Their enormous size and muscle mass, sometimes called "double muscling," is a naturally occurring mutation of the gene for myostatin, a protein that regulates muscle growth. This mutation results in accelerated lean muscle growth.

The state’s raw milk regulations have been among the most liberal in the nation. But officials proposed stricter regulations after an outbreak

German researchers used Google Earth imagery to observe that cows at rest tend to orient their bodies in a north-south direction.