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Ncr96-235 Feeding Ewes, Leon F. Bush, James Thompson
Ncr96-235 Feeding Ewes, Leon F. Bush, James Thompson
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials
Proper feeding and year-roundmanagement of ewes are essential toprofitable sheep production. Feed forthe ewes can be 60 to 80% of the totalproduction costs of the sheepenterprise. Either excessive orinadequate nutrition is expensive. Toavoid these costly extremes you mustknow something of the nutritiverequirements of the ewe throughout theyear. That knowledge may make thedifference between profit and loss inyour operation.