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LONG-FED CATTLE [1 record]

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Record 1 2007-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cattle Raising
CONT

Stocker cattle: The term "stockers" was coined by mountain folks to refer to animals purchased in the spring to stock mountain pastures. All feeder calves wintered and sold in the spring are stockers, whether they go to grass or to the feedlot.

CONT

The production of stockers is quite similar to the production of feeder calves except that the calves are kept over the winter and sold in the spring when they weigh about 300 kg.

OBS

As opposed to feeder cattle

OBS

The term stockers may be used in the singular.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élevage des bovins
CONT

Les [...] bovins de long engraissement soumis auparavant à un régime sévère de foin, de paille, d'herbe, pourront exiger plusieurs mois d'engraissement.

OBS

Le terme français peut s'exprimer au singulier.

Spanish

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