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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Concept information

  1. Fields of Study
  2. animal science
  3. animal production
  4. livestock production
  5. cattle production
  6. cow-calf operations
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. animal science
  3. animal production
  4. livestock production
  5. cattle production
  6. cow-calf operations

Preferred term

cow-calf operations

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information Livestock operations in which a base breeding herd of mother cows and bulls are maintained. Each year's calves are sold between the ages of 6 and 12 months, along with culled cows and bulls, except for some heifers retained for breeding herd replacements.

    Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Synonyms

  • calf-cow operations
  • cow calf operations
  • cow-calf producers
  • cow-calf production

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/21185

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