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Home Scientific selection in beef cattle breeding Scientific selection: a boost for the bottom line

Scientific selection: a boost for the bottom line

Scientific selection: a boost for the bottom line

The self-replacing feedlot (SFR) index applies to commercial farmers in particular. With high weightings for fertility, calving ease, 400-day weight, and carcass yield, it is a valuable tool for replacing heifers with own-bred weaners and sending bull calves to a feedlot.

Calving ease direct graph
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