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<blockquote data-quote="simme" data-source="post: 1649436" data-attributes="member: 40418"><p>Cows need to have a calf every 12 months, Cost per month is the same to keep a cow whether she is bred or open. If she has a calf every 14 or 16 months, she is costing you money compared to the cow that has a calf every 12 months. If they don't breed back for a calf every 12 months, look to improve your nutrition, BCS, bull fertility, and management practices. If all those are OK, look to improve your cow fertility by culling those that do not calve on time. Tighten up your calving to 60-90 days. Having a tight calving time will allow you to improve efficiency in terms of time management in checking cows, working cows, vaccinations, weaning, marketing., etc. Leaving a bull out for many months leads to a long strung out calving season. Pulling the bull after 60-90 days and then preg checking and culling the opens will lead to a higher level of fertility. Semen test your bulls prior to turnout. A sub-fertile bull will lead to open cows. Culling the open cows in that case will not increase fertility. Just my opinion for my part of the country.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="simme, post: 1649436, member: 40418"] Cows need to have a calf every 12 months, Cost per month is the same to keep a cow whether she is bred or open. If she has a calf every 14 or 16 months, she is costing you money compared to the cow that has a calf every 12 months. If they don't breed back for a calf every 12 months, look to improve your nutrition, BCS, bull fertility, and management practices. If all those are OK, look to improve your cow fertility by culling those that do not calve on time. Tighten up your calving to 60-90 days. Having a tight calving time will allow you to improve efficiency in terms of time management in checking cows, working cows, vaccinations, weaning, marketing., etc. Leaving a bull out for many months leads to a long strung out calving season. Pulling the bull after 60-90 days and then preg checking and culling the opens will lead to a higher level of fertility. Semen test your bulls prior to turnout. A sub-fertile bull will lead to open cows. Culling the open cows in that case will not increase fertility. Just my opinion for my part of the country. [/QUOTE]
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