Analyzing rations for both cost and nutrient suitability is necessary to manage for profit when backgrounding. Discusses briefly some factors and procedures that should be considered when designing a health management program for calves. No single management tool offers beef producers a greater return on their investment than growth promoting implants. Discusses the nutritional requirements of the young calf less than six months of age. The primary goals of a brood cow are to cycle and breed early in the breeding season and wean a quality calf every 365 days.
Numerous alternatives exist for feeding and managing weaned calves to go back to grass.
Efficiency of beef production includes all phases of the growing and finishing systems. The conversion of forage into food for humans by grazing ruminants is an economically important component of food production. Producers of steers and heifers with improved genetic potential for gain have many opportunities to market their cattle and capitalize on the genetic improvement they have made in their herd.