Practices to Improve Beef Cattle Efficiency - FSA3060
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Visit our web site at: http://www.uaex.edu Cattle producers share a common goal – improve the efficiency and profitability of their ranch. Efficiency is a term used to describe producing a product with the least amount of waste. Waste on beef cattle ranches typically involves waste of time, labor, financial resources and natural resources. To become more efficient, beef cattle producers must measure both inputs and outputs of the different resources involved in beef production operations.
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