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continued from page 9 Texas and Oklahoma. Warm- stems develop and grazing grain. You may have other
you don’t mind starting to er winter temperatures allow removal. It’s the clear choice factors affecting your choice,
graze two weeks later com- growth to continue, although if you want dual use as early but in general, these guide-
pared to rye. But triticale slowly. In Nebraska where pasture and then for grain. lines work well.
tends to be more susceptible winter wheat goes dormant, There it is. Cereal rye for
to winter injury. its carrying capacity is not as early grazing, triticale for UNL Extension
Winter wheat has been high as cereal rye or tritica- hay, silage, or later grazing,
the small grain of choice for le. But it is top quality before and wheat for grazing plus

be able to get a high percentage to bull problems. The overall and observe their underlines
BULL MANAGEMENT of exposed cows pregnant in a effect of BSEs is to eliminate for indication of penis or pre-
continued from page 11 short period of time are turned many subfertile bulls and to im- puce problems in order to iden-
out into the breeding pasture. prove the genetic base for fertil- tify lameness or injury that will
vey, the two most common rea- The need for a thorough breed- ity within the herd and breed. prevent successful mating.
sons that bulls are culled from ing soundness examination Although individual situations By using a thorough BSE
commercial herds is because (BSE) is based on the fact that vary, national reports indicate to exclude questionable breed-
of infertility and physical un- many prospective breeding that 10 to 20% of bulls will fail ers before the breeding season
soundness or injury. In order bulls are infertile, subfertile, or a thorough BSE (and another starts and frequent observation
to address these risks, bulls unable to mount and breed suc- 10% that pass a BSE will per- during the breeding season to
should be thoroughly evaluated cessfully, and examination prior form poorly in the breeding pas- ensure successful mating abili-
before each breeding season so to the breeding season reduces ture). ty, a relatively high cow to bull
that only bulls that are likely to the risk of breeding failure due Because some bulls that ratio can be used with the result
have good quality semen and that the number of offspring
pass a physical examination from superior sires is increased
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