Think early, think long-term

摘要

How heifers are developed and how quickly they breed go a long way in determining their lifelong productivity.'When heifers get preg-nant is extremely im- portant to profitability," says Rick Funston, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) beef reproduction physiologist at the West Central Research and Extension Center in North Platte. "A cow that calves in the first cycle during her lifetime will produce the equivalent of two more calves on the same resources. That's powerful."