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<blockquote data-quote="El_Putzo" data-source="post: 249370" data-attributes="member: 1017"><p>I have to agree with alacowman. We're in Central Mo and we like to calve from Feb 15 through May 15. Winter is generally about over by then and it is much easier on the bulls getting the cows bred back from May through July than July and August. Less trouble with flys and such early in the spring. Plus about the time that the calves really start pulling down on the cows, the grass is greening up and providing lots of protein. Then by the time the summer slump comes along, the calves are at least started on creep.</p><p></p><p>This is what works for us. We had been calving up until the end of May, but the last couple of years we've been backing it up about a week each year so that we start a little earlier. I'm probably gonna take some flack on the creep feeding, but with the price of corn and calves, it pencil's out for us.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="El_Putzo, post: 249370, member: 1017"] I have to agree with alacowman. We're in Central Mo and we like to calve from Feb 15 through May 15. Winter is generally about over by then and it is much easier on the bulls getting the cows bred back from May through July than July and August. Less trouble with flys and such early in the spring. Plus about the time that the calves really start pulling down on the cows, the grass is greening up and providing lots of protein. Then by the time the summer slump comes along, the calves are at least started on creep. This is what works for us. We had been calving up until the end of May, but the last couple of years we've been backing it up about a week each year so that we start a little earlier. I'm probably gonna take some flack on the creep feeding, but with the price of corn and calves, it pencil's out for us. [/QUOTE]
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