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<blockquote data-quote="Stocker Steve" data-source="post: 742020" data-attributes="member: 1715"><p>Neither - I prefer "summer". I can buy discounted "out of season" heifers/cows, calve them out on grass, and over winter the smaller calves. Once you calve on grass it is pretty hard to justify another approach.</p><p></p><p>Nebraska ran some numbers and came up with what they called modified summer calving. Apparently that is June for them. Their point was taking calves through the winter and going to grass during the following spring flush is usually more profitable than calving early or late. Harlon has run some similar scenarios with similiar results.</p><p></p><p>The other thing that comes into play is capital needed for stocking. I am a better grass farmer than an investment banker - - so carrying over some 6 wt. calves reduces the number I need to buy in for the following spring. The down side is less uniform sizes/smaller groups when it comes time to sell.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stocker Steve, post: 742020, member: 1715"] Neither - I prefer "summer". I can buy discounted "out of season" heifers/cows, calve them out on grass, and over winter the smaller calves. Once you calve on grass it is pretty hard to justify another approach. Nebraska ran some numbers and came up with what they called modified summer calving. Apparently that is June for them. Their point was taking calves through the winter and going to grass during the following spring flush is usually more profitable than calving early or late. Harlon has run some similar scenarios with similiar results. The other thing that comes into play is capital needed for stocking. I am a better grass farmer than an investment banker - - so carrying over some 6 wt. calves reduces the number I need to buy in for the following spring. The down side is less uniform sizes/smaller groups when it comes time to sell. [/QUOTE]
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