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A-Z of running thriving feedlot agri-business

For rapid weight gain, the quantity and quality of feed matters.

I have received numerous questions from readers on feedlots business.

Feedlots are premised on the idea of feeding high-energy diet to attain a desired market weight within a given time. Feedlots require great capital investments and therefore can also mean lots of losses when not well planned and managed. The time taken to gain this weight depends on the feeding model adopted, the breed and the starting body weight.

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