ADSC 3600 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Feedlot, Corn Belt, Cattle
27 Jan 2017
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65. 8 lbs of beef a year (per capita) (boneless) Most cows are bred have calves when grass is abundant in spring: you want your best feed when you"re trying to get the cows bred. Cow calf production is almost all forage based. Cattle aren"t seasonal breeders, so you bred when grass is abundant, for us it"s in the spring: rye grass is most abundant. Calves stay with cows on grass until their about 7-10 months old & 400-500lbs. A lot of the cattle are right down the middle of the country (corn belt: surprisingly tn, will out do us a lot on cow calf. Purebred or composite: composite is where you breed two or more breeds in a specific combination to produce seed stock, at gua we have limousine that have been bread with angus to produce . About 10% of our production is in the seedstock industry. *most calves are sold after weaning and go to stockers.
