Replacement Heifer Development: Changing Minds for the Change in Times
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2014-01-18
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Huedepohl, Brian
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Cornbelt Cow-Calf Conference
The Cornbelt Cow-Calf Conference is one of the longest running and most successful conferences of its type in the Midwest. For over forty years, the conference has provided an opportunity for producers, researchers, and over 70 industry representatives to come together to explore current topics and issues. This concentrated one-day conference focuses on management and production practices that contribute to making the cow-calf business profitable and competitive on a long-term basis.
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Over the past 10-11 years there have been a lot of changes in agriculture that led to changes in how some have managed their beef herds. One of those areas in the beef production processes is heifer development. In 2003 Veterinary Medical Center(VMC) organized and placed heifers in a dry feedlot setting to develop and breed.