What Weight for Breeding Crossbred Heifers?

Published on: 04/16/2009
Source : Virginia Cooperative Extension - Dairy Pipeline
We have received some questions about the appropriate weight to breed crossbred heifers. At Virginia Tech, we have used 650 lbs as the minimum body weight to breed HJ or JH heifer, while limits of 550 and 750 lbs are used for Jersey and Holstein heifers. The purebred limits work well, and the 650 lb limit is successful for the HJ and JH animals. Our HJ and JH crosses have been bred to Brown Swiss...
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Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
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04/16/2009 | Pure bred animals have their own merits; however farmers are finding solutions of their problems to make their livestock business profitable. The major strategy adopted is Cross Breeding. The standard weights for heifers given in this article ready for insemination is certainly very useful for the farmers who prefer to adopt cross breeding.
Thanks for publishing this article which is certainly an addition to our knowledge.
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Ludhiana, Punjab, India
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04/17/2009 | I wonder when Americans will adopt metric system of weight measurement. Even astute Britons have adopted it. Otherwise the article is useful to the farmers.
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