Heifers At Any Cost? - Research into 'lowgain' heifer development systems shows a significant reduction in costs with similar performance

摘要

Trey Patterson tries to be logical about the costs and retains of cow herd management. For example, as a Padlock Ranch manager, he knows developing heifers can be among an outfits most expensive enterprises. Conventional wisdom is that because it's relatively expensive to develop heifers into productive members of the herd, ranchers can reduce costs by maximizing heifer pregnancy rates. Patterson, Dayton, WY, doesn't necessarily buy into that logic.