Relative costs and feeding strategies associated with winter/spring calving

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 560-568

  May, Gary J ^a   Van Tassell, Larry W ^a   Waggoner, James W ^a   Smith, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Body condition score; Calving month; Fat reserves; Feed costs; Multi period integer programming

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FEEDING; LIVESTOCK FARMING; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PRODUCTIVITY;

UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0032702595     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003624     Document Type: Article

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