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<blockquote data-quote="elkwc" data-source="post: 1772604" data-attributes="member: 22295"><p>Thanks Jeanne for your reply. Until now we have been able too avoid herd reductions like many have. But the prolonged drought has finally made it time to make some hard decisions. I have went over every option several times. I will likely cow some young productive cows and keep their daughters. I was able to buy an 8 y/o sire last year that a PB breeder was finished with. He sired several top heifers. Also will retain one son. I sold the sire in the spring as I had extra bulls and he was the oldest. Hindsight says I should of used him another year. So have decided to keep several of his daughters and sell their mothers. The cows with any udder issue or structural issue are gone. I will cull a few good producers just because they tend to be a little less easy fleshing and efficient. I'm to the point I don't look forward to going to the pastures. As it is hard for me to cull a productive, efficient cow and equally as hard to cull a heifer with replacement potential that reflects the progress of our breeding program. I will keep as many replacements as I feel we can feed. Was hoping for wheat pasture for them. If we get any now it will be in Feb most likely. We will still sell some heifers that IMO will be top replacements. We were heavy on good heifers in a drought year. Timing was wrong. We will also cut back on some herd bulls. Have some nice young prospects that I feel we need to develop and give a chance. Overall we are in a better situation than many. We will play the cards we were dealt and make the most of them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="elkwc, post: 1772604, member: 22295"] Thanks Jeanne for your reply. Until now we have been able too avoid herd reductions like many have. But the prolonged drought has finally made it time to make some hard decisions. I have went over every option several times. I will likely cow some young productive cows and keep their daughters. I was able to buy an 8 y/o sire last year that a PB breeder was finished with. He sired several top heifers. Also will retain one son. I sold the sire in the spring as I had extra bulls and he was the oldest. Hindsight says I should of used him another year. So have decided to keep several of his daughters and sell their mothers. The cows with any udder issue or structural issue are gone. I will cull a few good producers just because they tend to be a little less easy fleshing and efficient. I’m to the point I don’t look forward to going to the pastures. As it is hard for me to cull a productive, efficient cow and equally as hard to cull a heifer with replacement potential that reflects the progress of our breeding program. I will keep as many replacements as I feel we can feed. Was hoping for wheat pasture for them. If we get any now it will be in Feb most likely. We will still sell some heifers that IMO will be top replacements. We were heavy on good heifers in a drought year. Timing was wrong. We will also cut back on some herd bulls. Have some nice young prospects that I feel we need to develop and give a chance. Overall we are in a better situation than many. We will play the cards we were dealt and make the most of them. [/QUOTE]
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