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<blockquote data-quote="dimka1980" data-source="post: 1670179" data-attributes="member: 41492"><p>Guys, THANK YOU SO MUCH for all the input...I am really learning a lot, and very grateful for that. I am not going to go into why I am stretching myself to the entire cycle, will just say that vertically integrated operation will be much more profitable and thus far much more sustainable here. There is no advance market for calves, there is demand, but prices are set and no auctions around here...and it is make sense to do it where you have end product. </p><p></p><p>Anyhow, what I learned and decided to do...castration: it seems that it is possible to find any study that support your idea, however you guys make me decide to castrate at birth...not sure how we will do it, but we are going to try<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> </p><p></p><p>Calving: I will follow the weather, but I think that giving cows 2-4 weeks on grass will greatly improve the ease of calving season for me. SO calving at end of May-June. </p><p></p><p>Weaning: Dec-January and separate into 2d herd</p><p></p><p>Breeding around August 15th, AI and clean up bulls.</p><p></p><p>Now here where I am not clear...comes fall, I have bred cows with calves (4-5 months) in one herd and I have a separate herd with steers and heifers (15 months old)...I continue to run two separate herds until weaning time (6-7 months) for calves...now when weaned do I absolutely have to have a separate 3d herd or it is possible to combine weaned calves with steers and heifers? From your comment it seems to me that I would need to have a separate herd for young ones, so they do not compete with larger animals.</p><p></p><p>Now, answering some other questions...hay I did not buy any, in fact I sold some this year...I do have a somewhat weak hay fields (2 tons of hay per hectare/1ton per acre) but I need to do some minimal improvement to increase production. </p><p></p><p>Grazing as late as possible...plan to do that on uncut hay fields and hills</p><p></p><p>Feeding starts around here around Oct 15th-Nov 1...depends on the weather, folks do not make the cows dig for the grass for some reason and were laughing at me, but I saw that it is works when you move animals on fresh snow daily.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dimka1980, post: 1670179, member: 41492"] Guys, THANK YOU SO MUCH for all the input...I am really learning a lot, and very grateful for that. I am not going to go into why I am stretching myself to the entire cycle, will just say that vertically integrated operation will be much more profitable and thus far much more sustainable here. There is no advance market for calves, there is demand, but prices are set and no auctions around here...and it is make sense to do it where you have end product. Anyhow, what I learned and decided to do...castration: it seems that it is possible to find any study that support your idea, however you guys make me decide to castrate at birth...not sure how we will do it, but we are going to try:) Calving: I will follow the weather, but I think that giving cows 2-4 weeks on grass will greatly improve the ease of calving season for me. SO calving at end of May-June. Weaning: Dec-January and separate into 2d herd Breeding around August 15th, AI and clean up bulls. Now here where I am not clear...comes fall, I have bred cows with calves (4-5 months) in one herd and I have a separate herd with steers and heifers (15 months old)...I continue to run two separate herds until weaning time (6-7 months) for calves...now when weaned do I absolutely have to have a separate 3d herd or it is possible to combine weaned calves with steers and heifers? From your comment it seems to me that I would need to have a separate herd for young ones, so they do not compete with larger animals. Now, answering some other questions...hay I did not buy any, in fact I sold some this year...I do have a somewhat weak hay fields (2 tons of hay per hectare/1ton per acre) but I need to do some minimal improvement to increase production. Grazing as late as possible...plan to do that on uncut hay fields and hills Feeding starts around here around Oct 15th-Nov 1...depends on the weather, folks do not make the cows dig for the grass for some reason and were laughing at me, but I saw that it is works when you move animals on fresh snow daily. [/QUOTE]
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