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<blockquote data-quote="KNERSIE" data-source="post: 601121" data-attributes="member: 4353"><p>This is a very interesting topic, I am surprised it got so little interest.</p><p></p><p>For me its about managing drought and cow's condition for that critical time of breeding season and shortly thereafter. I calf in the winter (southern hemisphere) so my breeding season start 1 September for 65 days. Usually from September onwards my grazing is good till about December, this also gives the calves a decent chance to use the very short good grazing season. If I calf much later the calves will be too small, much earlier and droughts will have too big an effect on conception rates.</p><p></p><p>In the past I used to have 2 calving seasons, but with the growing herd and unreliable rainfall as well as management issues regarding vaccinations and AI considering other very time critical jobs on the farm I had to abandon the spring calving season.</p><p></p><p>Matching the best time for grazing with the breeding season also means I can use younger bulls (of my own breeding) before selling them shortly after my breeding season.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KNERSIE, post: 601121, member: 4353"] This is a very interesting topic, I am surprised it got so little interest. For me its about managing drought and cow's condition for that critical time of breeding season and shortly thereafter. I calf in the winter (southern hemisphere) so my breeding season start 1 September for 65 days. Usually from September onwards my grazing is good till about December, this also gives the calves a decent chance to use the very short good grazing season. If I calf much later the calves will be too small, much earlier and droughts will have too big an effect on conception rates. In the past I used to have 2 calving seasons, but with the growing herd and unreliable rainfall as well as management issues regarding vaccinations and AI considering other very time critical jobs on the farm I had to abandon the spring calving season. Matching the best time for grazing with the breeding season also means I can use younger bulls (of my own breeding) before selling them shortly after my breeding season. [/QUOTE]
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