Critical time to examine your replacements

This is a critical time to examine your replacements. The weight of each individual animal should be estimated, or ideally they should be weighed.

More and more farmers are weighing replacements. If you are not a great judge of weights, perhaps you might call in the Farm Relief Service or some one that can help you with weighing.

Time is quickly passing for bringing backward animals back on track for early breeding in spring, and for bringing backward in-calf heifers up to target.

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