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Article: Economic value of replacement programs examined.(beef heifers)
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- Feedstuffs
- Article date:
- October 16, 2000
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Selection and management of replacement beef heifers involve decisions that affect the future productivity of an entire herd. Heifer replacement strategies need to focus on more than physiological processes that influence puberty and must include production and economic impacts of whatever heifer development scenarios are being considered.
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