Breeding females that die on farm each year, as a share of the herd. Every loss is a missing calf, a missing cull sale and an extra replacement to grow out.
Well-run temperate breeding herds hold annual breeder mortality below 2%; losses cluster around calving and the late-winter feed trough.
MLA More Beef from Pastures ↗Deaths cluster around calving — especially in first-calvers — and in late-winter feed troughs. A rising trend flags dystocia, condition loss or disease well before it shows up in the calving percentage.
Silo pulls each of these from the sources the operation already uses, and keeps the figure current automatically.
Supervise calving heifers and intervene early on difficult births.
Hold pre-calving body condition with a winter feed budget.
Keep clostridial vaccination and parasite programs current.
Breeding females that die on farm each year, as a share of the herd. Every loss is a missing calf, a missing cull sale and an extra replacement to grow out.
You need: Breeder deaths by cause (no.), Average breeders carried (no.). Silo pulls each of these from the sources the operation already uses and keeps the figure current automatically.
Well-run temperate breeding herds hold annual breeder mortality below 2%; losses cluster around calving and the late-winter feed trough.
Supervise calving heifers and intervene early on difficult births. Hold pre-calving body condition with a winter feed budget. Keep clostridial vaccination and parasite programs current.
Connect the software, spreadsheets and records you already keep, and Silo keeps every benchmark on this page current automatically.
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