Creep Grazing for Suckling Calves - A Pasture Management Practice

Selling additional pounds of calf is a desirable objective in any beef cattle enterprise. One way to do this in a cow-calf operation is through creep grazing. Creep grazing puts additional pounds on nursing calves. When weaned, creep grazed calves may weigh 30 to 50 pounds more per calf than those...

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Main Authors: Carrol G. Chambliss, Doug E. Mayo
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Published: The University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries 2004-08-01
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Online Access:https://journals.flvc.org/edis/article/view/112721
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description Selling additional pounds of calf is a desirable objective in any beef cattle enterprise. One way to do this in a cow-calf operation is through creep grazing. Creep grazing puts additional pounds on nursing calves. When weaned, creep grazed calves may weigh 30 to 50 pounds more per calf than those calves that have not had creep grazing available to them. This document is SS-AGR-211, one of a series of the Agronomy Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Publication date February 2004. SS-AGR-211/AG193: Creep Grazing for Suckling Calves?A Pasture Management Practice (ufl.edu)
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