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<blockquote data-quote="SRBeef" data-source="post: 758933" data-attributes="member: 7509"><p>Thank you for the kind words, linbul.</p><p></p><p>My climate in W Wisconsin is VERY different from Bulgaria and S Europe. My winter temperatures have been as low as -30 deg F (= <strong>-</strong> 34 deg C). The seasons are very different. I won't get into a long discussion on calving season however, as my good cattleman neighbor points out, there are many reasons to calve when nature does - deer and other wildlife calve in the spring, not the fall....etc. I have other reasons. </p><p></p><p>I am also very different from you in that I am very land-limited. One goal of my experiment is to see how many pounds of quality beef I can raise <u>per acre </u>as well as profitably. Fall calving is not a possibility for me and my system for many reasons. I have no grass left to graze after weaning in early November. In fact I try to not graze my pastures too close starting in September so the plants can build some food reserves in the roots for the winter and spring greenup. Grazing too late in the year (prior to killing frost) kills the stand in my climate.</p><p></p><p>Personally I like to watch my cattle moving around, not standing in a confined lot. I am an engineer not a vet or physiologist (sp?). It is accepted that moving around (= "execise") in people builds muscle, as an engineer, I see no reason it would not do the same in cattle. Most confined dairy cattle do not look like they have much muscle. </p><p></p><p>It appears to me that tenderness can be maintained even though cattle get a lot of exercise. jmho. Jim</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRBeef, post: 758933, member: 7509"] Thank you for the kind words, linbul. My climate in W Wisconsin is VERY different from Bulgaria and S Europe. My winter temperatures have been as low as -30 deg F (= [b]-[/b] 34 deg C). The seasons are very different. I won't get into a long discussion on calving season however, as my good cattleman neighbor points out, there are many reasons to calve when nature does - deer and other wildlife calve in the spring, not the fall....etc. I have other reasons. I am also very different from you in that I am very land-limited. One goal of my experiment is to see how many pounds of quality beef I can raise [u]per acre [/u]as well as profitably. Fall calving is not a possibility for me and my system for many reasons. I have no grass left to graze after weaning in early November. In fact I try to not graze my pastures too close starting in September so the plants can build some food reserves in the roots for the winter and spring greenup. Grazing too late in the year (prior to killing frost) kills the stand in my climate. Personally I like to watch my cattle moving around, not standing in a confined lot. I am an engineer not a vet or physiologist (sp?). It is accepted that moving around (= "execise") in people builds muscle, as an engineer, I see no reason it would not do the same in cattle. Most confined dairy cattle do not look like they have much muscle. It appears to me that tenderness can be maintained even though cattle get a lot of exercise. jmho. Jim [/QUOTE]
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