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<blockquote data-quote="dun" data-source="post: 1160359" data-attributes="member: 34"><p>Your first statement is correct. What works on one farm may or may not work on another. Weather and managment of the grass are the main things that govern what will work. Not all registered herds calve in the fall. We spring calve only and it hasn;t hurt our bull sales any that I can tell. We sell them all but we only keep a few if any each year. Our grass comes on in April more or less, I want the calves big enough to start utilizing it and the cows milking heavy during the spring flush. We start breeding in may (sometimes late april). I don;t like subjecting the calves to the ice storms and having to eat hay all winter. We have a neighbor that spring and fall calves. His spring calves are bigger at weaning but they bring a little less CWT then the fall calves. But i'ts pretty much a wash because of the size difference.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dun, post: 1160359, member: 34"] Your first statement is correct. What works on one farm may or may not work on another. Weather and managment of the grass are the main things that govern what will work. Not all registered herds calve in the fall. We spring calve only and it hasn;t hurt our bull sales any that I can tell. We sell them all but we only keep a few if any each year. Our grass comes on in April more or less, I want the calves big enough to start utilizing it and the cows milking heavy during the spring flush. We start breeding in may (sometimes late april). I don;t like subjecting the calves to the ice storms and having to eat hay all winter. We have a neighbor that spring and fall calves. His spring calves are bigger at weaning but they bring a little less CWT then the fall calves. But i'ts pretty much a wash because of the size difference. [/QUOTE]
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