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A farmer has 200-cow self-replacing herd. The normal calving percentage is 80 per cent. The mortality rate is 5 per cent on all animals. Male calves are sold as weaners. Twenty (20) cull cows are sold each year. The farmer wants you to work out how many heifers to carry through the system so that he can replace the cull cows.

Category of livestock	Start of year	purchases	Transfer in		births	Total sources
	No.	No.	No.	from	No.	No.
Cows
Repl. Heifers
Weaner heifers
Weaner steers
calves
total

Category of livestock	deaths	Transfers out		sales	End of year	Total uses
	No.	No.	To	No.	No	No
Cows
Repl. Heifers
Weaner heifers
Weaner steer
Calves
total

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