Feeding Space for Heifers
On-farm visits recently have highlighted a continuing issue in heifer nutrition and management.
No enough space at the feed bunk for the heifers in the pen!
Too little feeding space at certain ages may result in:
- Slow growth rates
- High sickness or morbidity rates
- Large variation in growth rates among heifers resulting in significant size differences of heifers the same age
To read more on this for transition heifers, heifers between 4 and 8 months and breeding-age heifers click HERE.
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