Document Type
Report
Report Number
Cow-Calf 80-1
Publication Date
1980
Summary
Research has demonstrated that weight of the yearling heifer is an important factor affecting puberty and initiation of the reproductive cycle. Work at several institutions including South Dakota State has demonstrated that rate of gain from weaning to start of the breeding season influences the proportion of heifers that settle. The objective of this project was to provide the producer with an easy way of calculating this desired rate of growth.
Number of Pages
4
Type
text
Format
application/pdf
Language
en
Publisher
South Dakota State University
Recommended Citation
Jost, L.; Whittington, D. L.; and Minyard, J. A., "Calculating Optimum Daily Gain for Wintering Replacement Beef Heifers" (1980). South Dakota Cow-Calf Field Day Proceedings, 1980. 7.
https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/sd_cow-calf_1980/7