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<blockquote data-quote="Muletrack" data-source="post: 1662417" data-attributes="member: 30827"><p>My cows are in peak condition for calving and breeding. We don't have a lot of fall calving in North Dakota, but the spring months are absolutely the worst -- March is our worst month (and the month in which we get the most snow). We used to calve in January and February, and kept moving things later because of bad weather. September seems the best time for me, at least. Zero calf mortality due to weather, zero scours due to pasture calving. Breeding is done in the yard so we can place dry cows anywhere and not have to have a bull with them. Now, about lactating in the winter -- no problems at all so far (after 10 years of this). We figure that a 4-month-old calf can handle the weather a lot better than a 4-day-old calf. NDSU studied fall calving at their Grasslands Research Center near our farm in the 1990s, and the results were very favorable. Here's a link to one of their publications: <a href="https://www.ag.ndsu.edu/archive/streeter/98report/fall98.htm" target="_blank">https://www.ag.ndsu.edu/archive/streeter/98report/fall98.htm</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Muletrack, post: 1662417, member: 30827"] My cows are in peak condition for calving and breeding. We don't have a lot of fall calving in North Dakota, but the spring months are absolutely the worst -- March is our worst month (and the month in which we get the most snow). We used to calve in January and February, and kept moving things later because of bad weather. September seems the best time for me, at least. Zero calf mortality due to weather, zero scours due to pasture calving. Breeding is done in the yard so we can place dry cows anywhere and not have to have a bull with them. Now, about lactating in the winter -- no problems at all so far (after 10 years of this). We figure that a 4-month-old calf can handle the weather a lot better than a 4-day-old calf. NDSU studied fall calving at their Grasslands Research Center near our farm in the 1990s, and the results were very favorable. Here's a link to one of their publications: [URL]https://www.ag.ndsu.edu/archive/streeter/98report/fall98.htm[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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