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<blockquote data-quote="Brandonm22" data-source="post: 573778" data-attributes="member: 7645"><p>I have seen ONE blizzard (April 1993) up close and we really have not seen a snowfall since so I will take your word on it; but over the course of years Cattletoday and the other trade mags will report that so many calves were lost to late blizzards in Montana, the Dakotas, Colorado, Nebraska, etc. As for conception rate, I can not ever recall a year where we did not find ONE open cow (usually more) in the fall preg checks and we usually lost a calf (or more) at birth, too scours, drowned in a sinkhole, lightning, or poached (they never kill a bad one). We lost 22 whiteface cows and calves too dogs in ONE night in 1977 (and then got on television for what was done to the neighbors' dogs in response). 1988 was a really bad year for pulling calves. 2002 (BVD type II) pretty much sucked too. Somebody poisoned seven mama cows on July 2, 2003. All I am saying is that not every year is rounding up your calves and counting your money.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brandonm22, post: 573778, member: 7645"] I have seen ONE blizzard (April 1993) up close and we really have not seen a snowfall since so I will take your word on it; but over the course of years Cattletoday and the other trade mags will report that so many calves were lost to late blizzards in Montana, the Dakotas, Colorado, Nebraska, etc. As for conception rate, I can not ever recall a year where we did not find ONE open cow (usually more) in the fall preg checks and we usually lost a calf (or more) at birth, too scours, drowned in a sinkhole, lightning, or poached (they never kill a bad one). We lost 22 whiteface cows and calves too dogs in ONE night in 1977 (and then got on television for what was done to the neighbors' dogs in response). 1988 was a really bad year for pulling calves. 2002 (BVD type II) pretty much sucked too. Somebody poisoned seven mama cows on July 2, 2003. All I am saying is that not every year is rounding up your calves and counting your money. [/QUOTE]
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