A calf’s digestive system is shaped by more than time. Diet, milk intake and early environmental exposure all influence rumen development. On a recent episode of the Kansas State University Beef ...
The increased workload that accompanies the new arrivals, is helped a little by their heightened worth, either as herd replacements and or beef cattle from the dairy herd. Every calf born is ...
The advent of genomic selection has intensified the demand for saleable semen from genetically elite dairy bulls at an increasingly younger age. Dairy bred bulls can reach puberty from 8 to 11 months ...