Genetic Considerations for the First-calf Beef Heifer

[@robertpayne2717]

Read an article almost 40 years ago in Progressive Farmer Magazine about a man in Tipton County Tennessee who raised Reg. CHARLOAIS CATTLE BUT HE WENT DOWN A DIFFERENT ROUTE WHEN BREEDING HIS HEIFERS THE FIRST TIME. HE BOUGHT SOME Texas long horns bulls for breeding to his heifers primarily because he was shooting for 60 to 70 lb. Live birth calve rather than a 90 to 100 lb. With a CHARLOAIS bull he kept the calves and fed them out for market it was for heifer development and having mature cows giving birth to heavy healthy reg. Calves

[@jackbarry9469]

Worth noting the continental cows are smaller today (MARC study shows)