Robbi Pritchard
Robbi Pritchard
average cattle conversion cost daily feed gain goes good higher overall sell
When you sell the cattle at the end, you probably have the same overall feed intake, but your average daily gain won't be as good and your feed conversion will be higher so your feed cost to gain goes up.
cattle healthy
We know we have to keep cattle healthy to get them to grade.
capture cattle manage minimize
We have to manage cattle to minimize discounts and capture any premiums.
amount effect energy implants match recent
Implants don't have to have a detrimental effect on grade. Match the potency of the implant with the amount of energy in the calves' recent diet.
amount available cattle cons couple daylight eat fair feed hours large leave people pros weigh
I leave it to people to weigh out the pros and cons for themselves. Cattle like to eat a fair amount of their feed shortly after daylight and a large amount of their day's feed in the couple hours before it's dark. And so we think it's important to have feed available for them at those times.
bigger consume cows feed figured late people portion studying understand
We don't understand all of that, but people studying grazing cows figured out long ago that cows actually consume the bigger portion of their feed for the day in the late afternoon.
magic
There's no magic number. There's not a magic age.
afternoon equal feeding gotten performance twice worst
The very worst we've ever gotten out of feeding once a day in the afternoon was equal performance to twice a day.
available average daily energy feed gain goes intake less means
That means his maintenance requirement goes up and there's less energy available for gain so you end up with the same feed intake but less average daily gain for the day.