{"id":57527,"date":"2021-04-28T12:30:05","date_gmt":"2021-04-28T12:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zinpro.com\/improve-beef-cattle-reproduction-for-first-calf-heifers\/"},"modified":"2024-09-18T11:40:15","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T16:40:15","slug":"improve-replacement-heifer-development-reproduction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zinpro.com\/en_na\/resource-center\/blog\/improve-replacement-heifer-development-reproduction\/","title":{"rendered":"Improve Replacement Heifer Development and Reproduction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How do we select replacement heifers for our breeding herd? Age, size, genetics, soundness, longevity potential and pubertal age are all things considered around the country. Ideally, we should select the heifers of adequate size that also reached puberty earlier. They will be ready to breed right away at the beginning of the first breeding season.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-improving-longevity-to-increase-profitability\"><strong>Improving Longevity to Increase Profitability<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Herd longevity can make or break the profitability of our cow-calf operations, a reality that looms with each breeding season. When heifers conceive earlier in the breeding season, they calve earlier and secure a longer tenure in the herd. This early start directly translates to financial gain, as calves born earlier in the calving season are older and heavier at weaning, resulting in greater profitability.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Achieving this requires heifers to be meticulously managed to achieve puberty with enough time to experience multiple estrous cycles before the start of breeding. Heifers that experience at least one estrous cycle prior to the breeding season significantly outpace those that don\u2019t, exhibiting higher first-season pregnancy rates and lifetime profitability. This is a crucial strategy that begins long before the heifer is even born.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-performance-trace-minerals-are-the-foundation-of-a-successful-heifer-development-program\"><strong>Performance Trace Minerals are the Foundation of a Successful Heifer Development Program<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To achieve this, we need to build a heifer development strategy that begins before replacement heifers hit the ground. A solid heifer development feeding strategy will have a generational impact. Nutrition serves as a link from cow to calf, creating a pull-through response \u2014cows receiving quality nutrition will produce stronger, higher performing calves. Feeding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zinpro.com\/en_na\/products\/performance-minerals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Zinpro\u00ae Performance Minerals\u00ae<\/a> to beef cows year-round results in heifer calves that handle weaning stress better and reach puberty earlier.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By incorporating <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zinpro.com\/en_na\/product\/zinpro-availa-4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Zinpro\u00ae Availa\u00ae 4<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zinpro.com\/en_na\/product\/zinpro-availa-plus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Zinpro\u00ae Availa\u00ae Plus<\/a> into a year-round supplement programs for cow herds, we can create the opportunity for enhanced reproductive performance with conception rates improving by up to 20%. 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