Robbi Pritchard
Robbi Pritchard
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.
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.
capture cattle manage minimize
We have to manage cattle to minimize discounts and capture any premiums.
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.
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.