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Express Episode 20: Are you a calf feeder or a calf manager?
In this episode, Hoard's Dairyman Associate Editor Jessica Miller reads the FARM-accredited article from the magazine titled, "Are you a calf feeder or a calf manager?" by Robert E. James.
The calf program has often been relegated to a lower priority for the dairy business, seen as a current expense with delayed impact on future income. However, with the use of genomics, sexed semen, and the increased value of dairy-beef animals and replacement heifers, there’s greater incentive to feed calves better to improve income and farm profit, whether from beef sales or improved health and production…
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