Early calf health has big impact on lifetime performance

摘要

With the current market and economic situation, beef producers are forced to pay extra attention to management practices that can positively improve efficiency and ultimately their profitability. At the recent Mid-South Stocker Conference, analysts from Cattle-Fax emphasized that a preventative herd health program is one of the 11 habits most high-return beef producers have in common. It was also pointed out that these high-return producers seldom cheat when it comes to animal health, nutrition and genetics.