Your breeding direction does depend to some extent on what you envision as your market in the future and the source of your replacement heifers. For example, if you fed all your calves out yourself, used a terminal sire, and …
What does “composite” in beef cattle mean?
The term “composite” as used in beef cattle breeding refers to the mating of crossbred cattle that have the same breeds and fractions necessary to maintain heterosis and leverage breed complementarity. Two-breed animals are sometimes called hybrids and are typically …