Managing Replacement Heifers
The Presenters were:
Kathy Larson – Interim Director, Livestock & Forage Centre of Excellence
John Campbell DVM, DVSc – Veterinarian and professor at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine
Video Guide:
00:00 – 01:35 : Welcome comments and agenda
01:35 – 10:17 : The 5% rule
17:06 – 32.17 : Economics of replacement heifers
33:38 – 56:30 : managing replacement heifers.
56:30 – 1:05:14 : Question and answer session
1:05:14 – 1:06:50 : How to stay connected with the BCRC and closing comments
For more information related to some of the topics discussed during the webinar:
Replacement heifer management fact sheet
Beef Cattle Research Council
http://www.beefresearch.ca/files/pdf/1%20Heifer%20Development%20BCRC%20Factsheet.pdf
Considérations économiques et au niveau reproducteur du développement des taures d’élevage
Beef Cattle Research Council
http://www.beefresearch.ca/files/pdf/Heifer%20Development%20BCRC%20Factsheet%20FRENCH.pdf
Boosting the calf crop percentage in your beef herd
Beef Cattle Research Council
http://www.beefresearch.ca/resources/webinars.cfm?#percentage
How much to feed a heifer? That is the question
Beef Magazine
http://www.beefmagazine.com/nutrition/how-much-feed-heifer-question
Heifer calving date positively influences calf weaning weights through six parturitions
West Central Research and Extension Center
http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1083&context=westcentresext
Feed her to grow
Drovers
http://www.cattlenetwork.com/bovine-vet/bv-magazine/feed-her-to-grow-113983359.html
A dozen ways to improve beef heifer fertility
Drovers
Heifer calving date influences weaning weights, longevity
The Western Producer
http://www.producer.com/2015/04/heifer-calving-date-influences-weaning-weights-longevity/
Cost to raise preg-checked replacement heifers
The Beef Magazine
http://www.beefmagazine.com/genetics/costs-raise-preg-checked-replacement-heifers
What is the most profitable heifer replacement strategy
The Beef Magazine
http://www.beefmagazine.com/marketing/whats-most-profitable-heifer-replacement-strategy
KSU-beef replacement calculator
Kansas State University
https://www.agmanager.info/livestock-meat/production-economics/ksu-beef-replacement
Guidelines for estimating beef replacement heifer costs
Manitoba Agriculture
Raising vs. buying heifers for herd replacements
iGrow
http://igrow.org/livestock/beef/raising-vs.-buying-heifers-for-herd-replacements/
What does it cost to raise replacement heifers?
Western Beef Development Centre
http://www.wbdc.sk.ca/pdfs/fact_sheets/2011/2011-04%20Cost_to_Raise_Replacement_Heifers.pdf
Raising replacements – What is the cost?
Western Beef Development Centre
http://www.wbdc.sk.ca/pdfs/fact_sheets/2012/2012.06_Raising_Replacements_WhatistheCost.pdf
Replacement heifer calculator
Western Beef Development Centre
http://www.wbdc.sk.ca/economics_current.htm