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<blockquote data-quote="Son of Butch" data-source="post: 1316238" data-attributes="member: 14585"><p>I don't think so.</p><p>I can tell you from experience we had more problems calving Holstein heifers over 32 months of age (bred at 23+ mos)</p><p>than calving them at 25 months. I assume it would be true of beef heifers, though I have no experience calving them that old.</p><p></p><p>Personally I prefer calving at 23-24 months.</p><p>Seems to me it adds 1 more calf to the cow's lifetime production vs waiting nearly another year.</p><p>She would have to raise a whale of a calf every year for the rest of her life to even come close to the younger cow's</p><p>head start on total lifetime pounds weaned. IMO calving at 23 months is definitely more profitable than 30 months.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Son of Butch, post: 1316238, member: 14585"] I don't think so. I can tell you from experience we had more problems calving Holstein heifers over 32 months of age (bred at 23+ mos) than calving them at 25 months. I assume it would be true of beef heifers, though I have no experience calving them that old. Personally I prefer calving at 23-24 months. Seems to me it adds 1 more calf to the cow's lifetime production vs waiting nearly another year. She would have to raise a whale of a calf every year for the rest of her life to even come close to the younger cow's head start on total lifetime pounds weaned. IMO calving at 23 months is definitely more profitable than 30 months. [/QUOTE]
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