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    Fall calving vs. Spring calving

    Fall, Free bull power as I have them for spring herd any way. Better use pastures we graze many small lots and would need way more bull power to keep everyone going on spring. Much better weather to calve Fall takes much more feed. Must creep feed fall calves. Seems...
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    Should I retain heifers or sell them and buy bred cows?

    Retain Heifers is expensive and takes time but if you are truly improving your genetics as you go those heifers are extrememly valuable. To quote my Dad a few days ago he said "Boy those 2000 series cows have got really good calves don't they" For us 2000 series cows are the heifers born in...
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    Follow up to Breeding own heifers

    We try and get at least 80% of cows on one trip of timed AI. And things are showing improvement when you look at our replacement heifers. We try and keep enough heifers back that we could replace 20% of our mature cows per year. We have not had to cull that hard and our herd has grown and...
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    Bismarck Vs Brilliance

    Have used him several times now on heifers. Most say CC7 (his sire) makes some of best heifers ever. Many talk about longevity with CC7 as well. Hoover Dam's are very quite is my oppinion. I have several Brilliance calves on ground right now they are not near as good as Hoovers in my...
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