"FEED EFFICIENCY IN THE RANGE BEEF COW: WHAT SHOULD WE BE LOOKING AT?" by H. H. "Trey" Patterson

Animal Science, Department of

 

Date of this Version

11-2015

Document Type

Article

Citation

24th Range Beef Cow Symposium, Nov. 17-19, 2015, Loveland, Colo.

Comments

Copyright 2015 H. H. Patterson.

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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