Corn Diet, Breeding Heifers, Calf Digestion

Welcome to BCI Cattle Chat! In this week’s episode of Cattle Chat, the team discusses feeding growing heifers alfalfa and corn. Next Dr. Phillip Lancaster and Dr. Bob Larson debate how early you should breed heifers versus the cows.Finally, Dr. Billy Brown returns to share insights on rumen development in calves and what it means for their future performance.

2:52 Listener Question: Feeding Heifers

11:37 Breeding Heifers Versus Breeding Cows

16:07 Calf Digestion with Billy Brown

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