Animal Science, Department of
Range Beef Cow Symposium
Date of this Version
11-2015
Document Type
Presentation
Citation
24th Range Beef Cow Symposium, November 17-19, 2015, Loveland, Colorado
Abstract
Beef cow efficiency is a critically important topic for range cow producers. Feed efficiency, or the ability to convert grazed forages into production, is obviously an important aspect of overall cow efficiency. The late Bob Taylor from CSU made the statement “profitable cattle are usually productive, but productive cattle are not always profitable” (Taylor, 1994). That is an inherently important concept in the efficiency discussion, as it leads us to question the important metrics in determining feed efficiency in the cow.
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Copyright 2015, H. H. Patterson. Used by permission