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Boost productivity with heifers

Good heifer management should aim for early puberty, a higher weaning rate, low mortality and early identification of female animals for turn-off. The goal is to ensure that only efficient first-calf cows enter the main cow herd at three years of age.

Heifers have greater nutritional demands than cows because they are attempting to reproduce and grow simultaneously. Usually only well-managed heifers will conceive during

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