Selecting and managing replacement heifers
SEDALIA, Mo. – Selecting and managing replacement heifers can be a hot topic between beef cattle producers. There are a myriad of ways to select and manage heifers, and most producers have a system they are comfortable with. These systems can be quite variable from producer to producer, however, so I wanted to highlight some data from our Show-Me-Select Replacement Heifer Development Program (SMS) database to perhaps provide some guidance on this topic.
