Planning and self-evaluation are key to successful sire selection

For many North Dakota cattle producers, winter and early spring is prime bull-buying season. Considering that a single bull may sire a few to hundreds of calves, depending on an operation’s breeding strategy, the impact of the bull on the genetic basis of the herd cannot be ignored, says Lacey Quail, NDSU Extension livestock management specialist at the North Central Research Extension Center...

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