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<blockquote data-quote="polledbull" data-source="post: 1114351" data-attributes="member: 574"><p>I will cull any cow that has a 50 lb calf at my place , I sat in a good meeting tonight by NCSU beef professer about breeding , it was about hiefer developement , and of course , we got to BW and calving ease , He has been with the beef unit for over 30 years, He said the lite BW thing had been taken way to the extreme and lots of folks were breeding them selves into a corner with BW down now into the low 60 lbs range and thier WW comming down every year , and if they saved their heifers , they were creating a calving problem over the long term. he stressed the nothing impacted WW more than a good nice BW , and he stresses any good 1300lb cow should have a 90lb calf without any problem and that calf would out weigh the 60 lb calf at weaning time by 75-100 lbs ,</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="polledbull, post: 1114351, member: 574"] I will cull any cow that has a 50 lb calf at my place , I sat in a good meeting tonight by NCSU beef professer about breeding , it was about hiefer developement , and of course , we got to BW and calving ease , He has been with the beef unit for over 30 years, He said the lite BW thing had been taken way to the extreme and lots of folks were breeding them selves into a corner with BW down now into the low 60 lbs range and thier WW comming down every year , and if they saved their heifers , they were creating a calving problem over the long term. he stressed the nothing impacted WW more than a good nice BW , and he stresses any good 1300lb cow should have a 90lb calf without any problem and that calf would out weigh the 60 lb calf at weaning time by 75-100 lbs , [/QUOTE]
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