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<blockquote data-quote="hillbillycwo" data-source="post: 853921" data-attributes="member: 13747"><p>I also am trying to group my cows into regular calving periods. The hardest thing for me to do is be disciplined enough to sell a good momma cow that fits evrything else in my program except when she calves. I took a bite in the be nice on this years calf crop because I kept a few cows that did not calve according to the schedule I wanted. I even had several on here answer me publically and privately and finally got a call from a fella who took his time to mentor me and explain the math behind getting this basic concept through my thick head. Set your goals and make no excuses for cows that don't calve the way you need them too to fit your goals. I would like for my cows to calve out in September and January with a +/- of 15 days either way. That will give me two periods to choose form for replacements and two fairly uniform sets of calves to market. It also gives me the flexibility for pasture that I can split them up if I have some pasture not as good as others based upon their needs for nutrition. All these decisions are based upon my goals which are simply two uniformed calve crops a year with some added flexibility for pasture utilization. Nova is dead right and I remember him giving me that same advice a year or so ago. SET AND DEFINE YOUR GOALS! Hard to get somewhere if you don't know where you wanna go. You probably have set goals for your operation and just haven't defined them in your posts.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hillbillycwo, post: 853921, member: 13747"] I also am trying to group my cows into regular calving periods. The hardest thing for me to do is be disciplined enough to sell a good momma cow that fits evrything else in my program except when she calves. I took a bite in the be nice on this years calf crop because I kept a few cows that did not calve according to the schedule I wanted. I even had several on here answer me publically and privately and finally got a call from a fella who took his time to mentor me and explain the math behind getting this basic concept through my thick head. Set your goals and make no excuses for cows that don't calve the way you need them too to fit your goals. I would like for my cows to calve out in September and January with a +/- of 15 days either way. That will give me two periods to choose form for replacements and two fairly uniform sets of calves to market. It also gives me the flexibility for pasture that I can split them up if I have some pasture not as good as others based upon their needs for nutrition. All these decisions are based upon my goals which are simply two uniformed calve crops a year with some added flexibility for pasture utilization. Nova is dead right and I remember him giving me that same advice a year or so ago. SET AND DEFINE YOUR GOALS! Hard to get somewhere if you don't know where you wanna go. You probably have set goals for your operation and just haven't defined them in your posts. [/QUOTE]
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