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"The results are just in from one of the first trials to validate the selection of bulls for feed efficiency as measured by residual feed intake (RFI). No surprise, but this four-year study showed low RFI sires produce low RFI offspring. And those more efficient offspring shaved $8.50 per head from a commercial feedlot’s feeding costs during the finishing period. Equally significant, improved efficiency was passed on with no loss in rate of gain or carcass quality."...

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