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Angus Yearling Heifer Development
Dr. Larry W. Olson - Associate Professor, Extension Animal Scientist - Principal Investigator
Rebecca H. Davis - IRM Beef Production Systems Technician
The Angus Yearling Heifer Development Program is
the first year of a 2-year management program. It
begins when a group of highly selected Angus heifers are weaned and lasts through
summer following their
first breeding season. This program is designed to
provide heifers the opportunity the fully develop their genetic potential for growth and
productivity. Detailed production and economic analyses of the cost of producing replacement
heifers are conducted.
After weaning, heifers go through 45-day postweaning preconditioning program followed by grazing winter annuals. While on winter grazing, they are fed 3 lbs of cottonseed per day. Heifers are managed so they can reach a minimum target weight of 800 lbs. - 65% of expected mature weight - by the start of their first breeding season on April 1st. During late spring and summer, they graze MaxQ fescue then coastal bermuda-crabgrass mixed grass pastures. The minimum prebreeding target weight requirement insures that 95%+ should reach puberty before the start of 56-day breeding season - 21-day estrus synchronized AI season followed by a 35-day natural breeding season.
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Management ProgramProduction Summaries
Economic Analyses
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2009 Breeding Season
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2008 Breeding Season
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Management ProgramProduction Summaries
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2007 Breeding Season
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Management ProgramProduction Summaries
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2006 Breeding Season
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Edisto IRM Beef Production Systems - Home Page
Edisto REC - Home Page
For Additional Information Contact:
- Dr. Larry W. Olson
- Extension Animal Scientist
- Edisto Research & Education Center
- 64 Research Rd.
- Blackville, SC 29817
- E-mail: LOLSON@clemson.edu
- Phone: (803) 284-3343 ext 231
- Fax: (803) 284-3684
This Web page was created by Dr. Larry W. Olson - LOLSON@clemson.edu