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<blockquote data-quote="sjr725" data-source="post: 288915" data-attributes="member: 4936"><p>I agree! I'm really interested to hear different folks talk about their operations in different parts of the country. I'm probably much the same as the posters from Canada in that our weather can be harsh but the animals seem to adapt. We have a commercial herd of mostly herf X and bwf cows and have the past few years crossed with mostly charlois bulls. We have a forest service lease for the summer so the cows and calves all go to the mountains to graze the spring/summer away. We just brought them home in the past week, so they are currently dry lotted until we get enough freeze on the alfalfa fields. We are fortunate to raise our own hay - usually get 2 good cuttings and then water up the third and let it freeze off for fall forage until it covers up with snow. When it sno w covers or is grazed off we'll start feeding alfalfa hay, we generally won't grain anything - just hay and mineral/salt, we're giving bloat block now since they will be going to the hayfield soon but that's about it. They'll calve out in the fields, we do put up wind walls and will spread straw to cover the snow. We don't pre-condition our calves at all - we sell by contract and so they are weaned right onto the truck in about mid October - at the same time we bring the cows home for the winter. We have contracted our calves to the same feeder for the past 8-9 years and have built a solid relationship with these folks that has worked very well in the past years.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sjr725, post: 288915, member: 4936"] I agree! I'm really interested to hear different folks talk about their operations in different parts of the country. I'm probably much the same as the posters from Canada in that our weather can be harsh but the animals seem to adapt. We have a commercial herd of mostly herf X and bwf cows and have the past few years crossed with mostly charlois bulls. We have a forest service lease for the summer so the cows and calves all go to the mountains to graze the spring/summer away. We just brought them home in the past week, so they are currently dry lotted until we get enough freeze on the alfalfa fields. We are fortunate to raise our own hay - usually get 2 good cuttings and then water up the third and let it freeze off for fall forage until it covers up with snow. When it sno w covers or is grazed off we'll start feeding alfalfa hay, we generally won't grain anything - just hay and mineral/salt, we're giving bloat block now since they will be going to the hayfield soon but that's about it. They'll calve out in the fields, we do put up wind walls and will spread straw to cover the snow. We don't pre-condition our calves at all - we sell by contract and so they are weaned right onto the truck in about mid October - at the same time we bring the cows home for the winter. We have contracted our calves to the same feeder for the past 8-9 years and have built a solid relationship with these folks that has worked very well in the past years. [/QUOTE]
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