20/05/2026
๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ก๐๐ข๐๐๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ, ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข โญ๏ธ
An interesting article from the Beef Magazine --
๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐พ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ โ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟโ
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๐๐ฆ ๐ต๐ข๐๐๐๐ , ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ฆ ๐๐ ๐พ๐๐๐ก๐ข๐๐๐ฆ ๐ต๐๐๐ ๐ธ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐)
๐ญ. ๐๐ผ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐น๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐?
Burris writes, โAt weaning, sell all obvious culls โ like poor doers, extremely rough hair coats, disposition problem, etc.โ
๐ด๐ก ๐ถ๐ข๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐คโ๐๐กโ๐๐ ๐ โ๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐; ๐ก๐ฆ๐๐, ๐ก๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก, ๐ ๐ก๐๐ข๐๐ก๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ฆ.
๐ฎ. ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐บ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐พ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐?
โEvery time you put the calves through the chute, or move them around, take off anything that acts up,โ advises Burris. Be critical and be generous with culling. Disposition is very important โ you donโt necessarily have to assign a chute score or measure exit speed but the way that they behave โunder pressureโ is a great predictor of their future".
๐บ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ค๐ ๐ก๐ ๐ ๐ข๐๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ฆ, ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ก๐ฆ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก. ๐ด ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฃ๐๐๐ฆ ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐ ๐๐ก ๐ถ๐ข๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐.
๐ฏ. ๐๐ผ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น?
Burris says, โDevelop calves on a normal plane of nutrition โ you donโt have to fatten them. Breeders should, in my opinion, put some โselection pressureโ on heifers so that we can eliminate problems early in the production cycle instead of passing them on.โ
๐ถ๐ข๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐ ๐ -๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ - ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ โ๐๐โ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ฆ ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐'๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ค๐กโ.
๐ฐ. ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐๐ฐ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ?
โCull those heifers that arenโt cycling, have abnormal reproductive tracts or donโt have sufficient pelvic area to have a normal-size calf. They can be then sold as feeder calves.โ
๐ต๐ข๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ข๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ข๐ 3 ๐๐ข๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐ ; ๐๐๐๐ ๐ โ๐ โ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก, ๐๐ ๐ โ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐โ๐ก ๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐ ?
๐ฑ. ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป ๐บ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ผ๐?
โWe do one round of timed AI followed by a short โclean-upโ period,โ explains Burris. โPregnancy diagnosis is done as soon as possible so that open heifers can be removed and sold.โ
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฎ๐๐ธ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ ๐พ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒโ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐ณ:
โHeifer selection is a continual process. They need to meet these criteria: wean a good calf, maintain good body condition, and breed back early in the breeding season.โ
