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Spring vs fall calving and why???
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<blockquote data-quote="Jessica06" data-source="post: 1329075" data-attributes="member: 5612"><p>What Aaron said. Also, our fall calving cows are dry through the summer with only mineral to supplement them. Most calve at a 6 or 7 BCS, and breed back in a 60 day window. Calf prices are almost always good when we wean in March. We have been holding our spring group, especially heifers, to a pretty tough standard, and move the opens that are worth trying again to the fall. Anything from the fall group that comes up open gets sold in a pretty good spring cow market. We were ridiculously wet during our spring breeding season last year and had very few heifers breed back. We held onto them and AI'd them and put them with a bull for 30 days in September. We'll calve them out a little early and hold them over to breed back in November with the rest. Having 2 seasons gives you so many more options when things don't happen the way they're supposed to!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jessica06, post: 1329075, member: 5612"] What Aaron said. Also, our fall calving cows are dry through the summer with only mineral to supplement them. Most calve at a 6 or 7 BCS, and breed back in a 60 day window. Calf prices are almost always good when we wean in March. We have been holding our spring group, especially heifers, to a pretty tough standard, and move the opens that are worth trying again to the fall. Anything from the fall group that comes up open gets sold in a pretty good spring cow market. We were ridiculously wet during our spring breeding season last year and had very few heifers breed back. We held onto them and AI'd them and put them with a bull for 30 days in September. We'll calve them out a little early and hold them over to breed back in November with the rest. Having 2 seasons gives you so many more options when things don't happen the way they're supposed to! [/QUOTE]
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