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<blockquote data-quote="ANAZAZI" data-source="post: 1226453" data-attributes="member: 7541"><p>I have to disagree. The one calf that will be better is the first calf. Second and later it does not matter at all, so it does not pay in the long run. Instead the situation will be a cow that produces just as good as one calving young, and she will be forever behind on paying her own raising costs. </p><p></p><p>Calve at two, the first calf pays for most of the upkeep for his mother between her year one and year two, thus the raising cost for the new cow is limited to her first year.</p><p></p><p>Calve at three, and voila, the first calf pays for most of the upkeep for his mother between her year two and and her year three, thus the costs are for the new cows´ two first years.</p><p></p><p>Now a calf from a three year old first calver is bigger than from a two year old first calver.</p><p>Agreed. </p><p>And a developing heifer will take up more space the older she gets, and two year old heifers eat distinctly more than one year heifers.</p><p>To calve at three instead of at two might double the raising costs (or worse) - with very little return. :2cents:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ANAZAZI, post: 1226453, member: 7541"] I have to disagree. The one calf that will be better is the first calf. Second and later it does not matter at all, so it does not pay in the long run. Instead the situation will be a cow that produces just as good as one calving young, and she will be forever behind on paying her own raising costs. Calve at two, the first calf pays for most of the upkeep for his mother between her year one and year two, thus the raising cost for the new cow is limited to her first year. Calve at three, and voila, the first calf pays for most of the upkeep for his mother between her year two and and her year three, thus the costs are for the new cows´ two first years. Now a calf from a three year old first calver is bigger than from a two year old first calver. Agreed. And a developing heifer will take up more space the older she gets, and two year old heifers eat distinctly more than one year heifers. To calve at three instead of at two might double the raising costs (or worse) - with very little return. :2cents: [/QUOTE]
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