Episode 1 of 7- Replacement heifers as a viable economic enterprise
Channel: Alabama Extension
Date: 2020-08-12

Max Runge, Extension economist, and Ken Kelley, regional Extension agent, discuss how developing and marketing replacement heifers can offer a viable economic enterprise for Alabama cattle producers when compared to conventional feeder-calf marketing in the South. Also discussed are the opportunities and concerns of this type of enterprise based on empirical data from the Herdbuilder Replacement Female Sale.  

Max Runge- Extension Professor with Auburn University and the Alabama Cooperative Extension System, Economist. rungemw@aces.edu . (334) 844-5603 .
Ken Kelley – Regional Farm and Agribusiness Management Agent, Livestock Economist.  kellewi@aces.edu . (251) 238-0373 .