The Casual Cattle Conversations Podcast: Tips to Improve Conception Rates in Young Cows

Tips to Improve Conception Rates in Young Cows

Watching heifers turn into young cows is exciting to witness. Watching them turn into mature, reliable cows is even more rewarding. But what happens between those first two breeding seasons is crucial to ensuring the females of your herd have a chance to become the mature cows you love brag about.

Karla Wilke – Cow/Calf and Stocker Cattle Extension Specialist for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln – shared her expert insight on how ranchers can increase the re-breeding success rate for their young cows on the Casual Cattle Conversations podcast.

“There’s a lot of money and time invested in developing or buying bred heifers. If she comes up open with that second calf then the loss of that calf and depreciation on that cow is expensive,” says Wilke...




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