Economic Decision Model to Optimize Culling Decisions for Beef Brood Cows at Weaning

Authors

  • Barton W. Rohrbach Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee, Knoxville 37901
  • Alien W. Jalvingh Department of Economics and Management, Wageningen Agricultural University, Hollandseweg 1, 6706 KN Wageningen, Netherlands
  • Jeffrey R. Stokes Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Pennsylvania State University, 208 Armsby Building, University Park, PA
  • Aalt A. Dijkhuizen Department of Economics and Management, Wageningen Agricultural University, Hollandseweg 1, 6706 KN Wageningen, Netherlands

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro19995573

Keywords:

management, pasture quality, season, feed supplement, beef production

Abstract

Producers in the southeastern United States operate under a different set of environmental and management conditions than those in other U.S. regions. Differences include pasture quality, type, length of season and availability of feed supplements. Seasonal breeding and calving pattern, age at weaning and market prices also help define a unique pattern for beef production.

Cover image of the 33rd Conference Proceedings: Herd of Holstein cattle grazing in a field. Large barn and silos in background. Yellow background.

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Published

1999-09-23

Issue

1999

Section

Research Summaries 2