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<blockquote data-quote="Fire Sweep Ranch" data-source="post: 1193229" data-attributes="member: 18809"><p>Ron</p><p>I know my conceptions were low due to poor quality feed because we dropped at least 2 body condition scores on every cow that winter and spring. When you AI and put in embryos, your cows should be in top shape to accept the lower quality spermatozoa or embryo. The only hay we could find that winter to feed was twigs and leaves that were baled. We lost a lot of ground that winter, and we were not able to make much up over the summer, since the rain was limited and our numbers should have been lower. Since switching to Vitaferm and checking my protein in my hay, I have improved my conception rates, and had 100% embryo conception last fall and 95% this spring. The proof is in the pudding, so to speak. Ron, your cows would need a very lean year to affect any type of conception on your place. By all pictures, your cows are obese and do not need protein supplements. </p><p>TB, I looked to the feed store, no cubes like that here. They sell a purina range cube, 20% protein, but it runs 18/cwt, so the other options are better. We have no cotton mills around, so that commodity is not cheap in this area. The nutritionist did say that cheap protein, if you have bunks, is DDG's. They are dirt cheap right now, and I thought of that because we have the cow that twinned on DDG's right now. But I am not sure I want to do a daily dump of 50 pounds of dry distillers... and I would need to get a few more bunks. </p><p>Howdy - The liquid has no fat in it. And, I am looking at a purchase price of $250 and having something I have to store over the summer. I am not sure that is the direction I want to go. I still have time to decide, and can change mid stream if I feel like I am not getting what I need.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fire Sweep Ranch, post: 1193229, member: 18809"] Ron I know my conceptions were low due to poor quality feed because we dropped at least 2 body condition scores on every cow that winter and spring. When you AI and put in embryos, your cows should be in top shape to accept the lower quality spermatozoa or embryo. The only hay we could find that winter to feed was twigs and leaves that were baled. We lost a lot of ground that winter, and we were not able to make much up over the summer, since the rain was limited and our numbers should have been lower. Since switching to Vitaferm and checking my protein in my hay, I have improved my conception rates, and had 100% embryo conception last fall and 95% this spring. The proof is in the pudding, so to speak. Ron, your cows would need a very lean year to affect any type of conception on your place. By all pictures, your cows are obese and do not need protein supplements. TB, I looked to the feed store, no cubes like that here. They sell a purina range cube, 20% protein, but it runs 18/cwt, so the other options are better. We have no cotton mills around, so that commodity is not cheap in this area. The nutritionist did say that cheap protein, if you have bunks, is DDG's. They are dirt cheap right now, and I thought of that because we have the cow that twinned on DDG's right now. But I am not sure I want to do a daily dump of 50 pounds of dry distillers... and I would need to get a few more bunks. Howdy - The liquid has no fat in it. And, I am looking at a purchase price of $250 and having something I have to store over the summer. I am not sure that is the direction I want to go. I still have time to decide, and can change mid stream if I feel like I am not getting what I need. [/QUOTE]
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