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<blockquote data-quote="bullred" data-source="post: 162483" data-attributes="member: 1733"><p>I think a 6:1 conversion rate is pretty optimistic. A more conservative estimate would be 10:1 or higher. Not saying that it's not profitable, even at those numbers, just not as big a windfall.</p><p></p><p>A lot of people have the notion that creeping takes a load off the cow. That's not necessarily true. A calf is generally going to take all the milk the cow will give first, then if they are still hungry they will go looking for other things (feed or forage). What creep feeding does is lighten the load on the available forage. That's why creep feeding during drought conditions like we have here now becomes more viable.</p><p></p><p>I think it's been mentioned before, but it bears repeating. If you are culling and improving your cow herd based on lbs. of calf weaned per cow (which profitable cow/calf producers should be doing) that determination gets fuzzier if creep feeding. It makes it very hard to judge a cows milking ability.</p><p></p><p>In my opinion (and it's only an opinion) you should look at creep feeding as an alternative to adjusting your stocking rate in less ideal conditions. And don't let it compensate for cows that aren't doing their job, which is to produce a good-sized weaned calf every year.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bullred, post: 162483, member: 1733"] I think a 6:1 conversion rate is pretty optimistic. A more conservative estimate would be 10:1 or higher. Not saying that it's not profitable, even at those numbers, just not as big a windfall. A lot of people have the notion that creeping takes a load off the cow. That's not necessarily true. A calf is generally going to take all the milk the cow will give first, then if they are still hungry they will go looking for other things (feed or forage). What creep feeding does is lighten the load on the available forage. That's why creep feeding during drought conditions like we have here now becomes more viable. I think it's been mentioned before, but it bears repeating. If you are culling and improving your cow herd based on lbs. of calf weaned per cow (which profitable cow/calf producers should be doing) that determination gets fuzzier if creep feeding. It makes it very hard to judge a cows milking ability. In my opinion (and it's only an opinion) you should look at creep feeding as an alternative to adjusting your stocking rate in less ideal conditions. And don't let it compensate for cows that aren't doing their job, which is to produce a good-sized weaned calf every year. [/QUOTE]
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