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How did you decide on number of cows?
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<blockquote data-quote="cow pollinater" data-source="post: 954375" data-attributes="member: 14661"><p>It's a balancing act. I'm stocked light because I've expanded my land really quickly but we were in a drought for most of the winter and my weaning weights were better than anyone elses and that is directly related to my low stocking rate. I figure I made about what I would have if I'd have been fully stocked but I did it with extra growth instead of numbers. </p><p>I guess I'd lean towards running a few less than you can handle(especially with hay costing what it has in the last couple years) and counting on the cows doing better and selling more pounds per calf in the good years and having a little lighter crop without culling good cows in the bad years. I know of a few that stock heavy and they really got burned this year but the guys that leave a little room for error came out okay with a decent calf crop and not a lot of extra hay to the cows. If we get rain this winter they will be the real winners as their country will turn around alot faster than the country that got used all the way to the ground.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cow pollinater, post: 954375, member: 14661"] It's a balancing act. I'm stocked light because I've expanded my land really quickly but we were in a drought for most of the winter and my weaning weights were better than anyone elses and that is directly related to my low stocking rate. I figure I made about what I would have if I'd have been fully stocked but I did it with extra growth instead of numbers. I guess I'd lean towards running a few less than you can handle(especially with hay costing what it has in the last couple years) and counting on the cows doing better and selling more pounds per calf in the good years and having a little lighter crop without culling good cows in the bad years. I know of a few that stock heavy and they really got burned this year but the guys that leave a little room for error came out okay with a decent calf crop and not a lot of extra hay to the cows. If we get rain this winter they will be the real winners as their country will turn around alot faster than the country that got used all the way to the ground. [/QUOTE]
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