Optimizing Cow Size, Milk, Calf Growth Rate and Reproduction in the Cow Herd
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro19946229Keywords:
mature size, milk producing ability, fatness, reproductive performance, weaning weight, feed requirements, market strategies, typeAbstract
Type - mature size, milk producing ability, fatness - is extremely important to the cow/calf producer because it directly affects profitability. Type affects profitability because it influences (1) reproductive performance, (2) weaning weight of calves, (3) feed requirements of the cows, (4) market strategies, (5) selling price of calves and cull cows. Concern about type is not new. The following quotes taken from a booklet entitled Progressive Beef Cattle Raising, published by Armour and Co. in 1920 showed not only concern but a degree of understanding about type and efficiency of cows.