Forage-Based Heifer Development Program for North Florida
Florida has 915,000 beef cows and 125,000 replacement heifers (USDA, 2016). Developing these heifers so that they can become productive females in the cow herd is a tremendous investment in a cow/calf operation, an investment that takes several years to make a return. The good news is that there ar...
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| author | Jose C.B. Dubeux Nicolas DiLorenzo Kalyn Waters Jane C. Griffin |
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Florida has 915,000 beef cows and 125,000 replacement heifers (USDA, 2016). Developing these heifers so that they can become productive females in the cow herd is a tremendous investment in a cow/calf operation, an investment that takes several years to make a return. The good news is that there are options to develop heifers on forage-based programs with the possibility of reducing costs while simultaneously meeting performance targets required by the beef industry. Mild winters in Florida allows utilization of cool-season forages that can significantly enhance the performance of grazing heifers. During the warm-season, integration of forage legumes into grazing systems will provide additional nutrients to meet the performance required to develop a replacement heifer to become pregnant and enter the mature cow herd. In this document, we will propose a model for replacement heifer development, based on forage research performed in trials at the NFREC Marianna.
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| spelling | doaj-art-6e0756e565a6420d924bbc2710aee9982025-02-08T05:52:57ZengThe University of Florida George A. Smathers LibrariesEDIS2576-00092018-11-0120185Forage-Based Heifer Development Program for North FloridaJose C.B. Dubeux0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8269-9959Nicolas DiLorenzo1Kalyn Waters2Jane C. Griffin3University of FloridaUniversity of FloridaUniversity of FloridaUniversity of Florida Florida has 915,000 beef cows and 125,000 replacement heifers (USDA, 2016). Developing these heifers so that they can become productive females in the cow herd is a tremendous investment in a cow/calf operation, an investment that takes several years to make a return. The good news is that there are options to develop heifers on forage-based programs with the possibility of reducing costs while simultaneously meeting performance targets required by the beef industry. Mild winters in Florida allows utilization of cool-season forages that can significantly enhance the performance of grazing heifers. During the warm-season, integration of forage legumes into grazing systems will provide additional nutrients to meet the performance required to develop a replacement heifer to become pregnant and enter the mature cow herd. In this document, we will propose a model for replacement heifer development, based on forage research performed in trials at the NFREC Marianna. https://journals.flvc.org/edis/article/view/106647ForageGrassHeiferLegumeBeef Cattle Forage |
| spellingShingle | Jose C.B. Dubeux Nicolas DiLorenzo Kalyn Waters Jane C. Griffin Forage-Based Heifer Development Program for North Florida EDIS Forage Grass Heifer Legume Beef Cattle Forage |
| title | Forage-Based Heifer Development Program for North Florida |
| title_full | Forage-Based Heifer Development Program for North Florida |
| title_fullStr | Forage-Based Heifer Development Program for North Florida |
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| title_short | Forage-Based Heifer Development Program for North Florida |
| title_sort | forage based heifer development program for north florida |
| topic | Forage Grass Heifer Legume Beef Cattle Forage |
| url | https://journals.flvc.org/edis/article/view/106647 |
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