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Backgrounding

Growing weaners on grazing before they enter a feedlot

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Plain meaning
Growing weaners on grazing before they enter a feedlot
How to use it
Use good grazing to add weight to bought-in weaners before selling them to a feedlot.
South African benchmark
South African weaners are commonly backgrounded on veld before entering commercial feedlots (Article 64).
Country notes
Applies the same way in all five markets.
Go and read
M9-U4
Calculate it
T-M9-04 Feedlot versus Veld
Library sources
LIB-A064, LIB-P-Beef
See also
Weaner, Feedlot
Beef: the product, the five stages of the business, the unit it is sold by and where it is producedBeef: how the business runsSold bykg live weight or carcass weight1Breed2Wean3Background on veld4Finish5Abattoir: carcass weightZAZWZMBWNAProduces commerciallyImports most needsZA South Africa, ZW Zimbabwe, ZM Zambia, BW Botswana, NA Namibia
From the Beef Major, where this term is introduced.

Introduced in M9 Beef.