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Zmags
Calving
and genetics:
Are you
ready?
Harlan: Analyze
2016's results PAGE 8
February 2017
beefmagazine.com
Inside:
2016 ESAP winners PAGE 18
Directing nature PAGE 24
Burke: Difficult choices PAGE 70
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Vol. 53, No. 6 February 2017
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