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<blockquote data-quote="msscamp" data-source="post: 583018" data-attributes="member: 539"><p>We have always spring calved. That season was chosen because the colder temperatures helped keep disease from spreading, when the new spring growth came in the calves were old enough to graze it and, back when we ran enough cattle to make a difference, there were special weaning calf sales in the fall. Once the folks retired and our numbers were cut, we simply fed the calves out until spring. If we still had cattle, we would still be spring calving. I should have also added that our calving season was a specific time length - usually 90 days beginning the first of February. Come summer, the cows were moved to distant pastures and it was impossible to monitor them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="msscamp, post: 583018, member: 539"] We have always spring calved. That season was chosen because the colder temperatures helped keep disease from spreading, when the new spring growth came in the calves were old enough to graze it and, back when we ran enough cattle to make a difference, there were special weaning calf sales in the fall. Once the folks retired and our numbers were cut, we simply fed the calves out until spring. If we still had cattle, we would still be spring calving. I should have also added that our calving season was a specific time length - usually 90 days beginning the first of February. Come summer, the cows were moved to distant pastures and it was impossible to monitor them. [/QUOTE]
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