Optimising the Cow Culling Decision in Beef Herds

Development of a decision support tool to evaluate the financial ...

The optimal strategy of cull cow beef production depends greatly on the prevailing economic environment, purchase and sale price, milk price, feed costs, ...

Dairy Cattle Culling Falls Behind Historical Trends Amidst Beef ...

Farmers can ensure that resources are optimized by removing less productive or unhealthy cows from the herd, and overall milk production remains ...

Keeping profitable cows in the herd: A lifetime cost-benefit ...

Culling decisions are mostly based only on current lactation costs and revenues. Cow lifetime profitability should be considered to optimize culling decisions.

Symposium review: Why revisit dairy cattle productive lifespan?

Current annual cull rates for beef cows are typically between 10 and ... Although culling for health reasons is common, most culling is the result of decision ...

Economic Decision Model to Optimize Culling Decisions for Beef ...

Economic Decision Model to Optimize Culling Decisions for Beef Brood Cows at Weaning ... Make a Submission. Make a Submission · Logo for Texas A&M ...

Recent advances in decision support for beef and dairy farming ...

... herd size, livestock reproduction (including not only breeding but also decisions relating to calf rearing and cow–calf contact), and culling.

(PDF) Cow Culling Decisions: Costs or Economic Opportunity?

for beef cows (Kastens et al., 2006) with a slight adjustment for quality ... culling decisions accordingly. NPV versus Cull Rate and Herd Production ...

Cow Calf Inventory Management Software - Breedr

... culling decisions. Optimal calf weights. Produce consistent ... The Worlds First Beef App Capable of Optimizing Cattle Production Throughout the Beef...

Cow Herd Decisions for Future Tough Times - UF Animal Sciences

Decreasing forage demand is imperative during drought and requires the sale of breeding livestock! Producers should not cull cattle and use that income to buy ...

Optimizing productivity, herd structure, environmental performance ...

The IFSM determines the culling decision merely by the first-lactation cow ... beef and dairy cattle production systems. Anim. Feed Sci. Technol. 2011; 166 ...

Transitioning Beef Cattle to a Defined Breeding and Calving Season

Fear of reproductive herd failures in any attempted transition, with the possibility of large numbers of the herd being culled because they might not make the ...

Understanding EPDs and Genomic Testing in Beef Cattle

Combined Value ($C), expressed in dollars per head, is an index which includes all traits that make up both Maternal Weaned Calf Value ($M) and ...

The U.S. Beef Supply Chain: Issues and Challenges

Because of beef cow herd cyclical dynamics, the proportion of beef cows in the cow slaughter total has varied from 43 to 58 percent. The ...

Preg-Checking in a Drought Year with High Cull Cow Prices

In such situations, making well-informed decisions is critical for the economic viability of an operation. By preg-checking and identifying open ...

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Extending dairy cattle longevity might also decrease the environmental footprint of milk production. Historically, models focused on optimizing culling ...

Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Beef Cattle

All herd sizes require adequate human resources to ensure proper care and well-being of the animals. Everyone handling cattle should be familiar with their ...

Limited heifer inventory: Making informed decisions for your farm

Don't cull all the older cows. The average cow leaves the herd between the second and third lactations. It isn't until the third lactation that ...

Making Selection and Culling Decisions for your Herd or Flock

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Culling Decisions and Dairy Cattle Welfare During Transport to ...

Compromised culled dairy cattle continue to arrive at slaughter plants and leadership within the industry is needed to tackle this welfare ...

A tool to optimise dairy herd replacements combining conventional ...

Beef semen utilisation was allocated to cows that were not inseminated with sexed semen, according to farm management decisions, at the following percentages: 1 ...