For cow-calf producers that sell their calves at weaning, reproductive performance has five times more impact than growth and ten times more impact than carcass traits on the profitability of their enterprise. Therefore, building and selecting replacement females which have superior reproductive traits has a huge impact on the economic viability of a cow calf operation. Keith Martin, Kansas State Research and Extension, talks replacement heifers in this Drovers CatttleNetwork article. Read more…
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