Stocker Steve
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Conventional wisdom is that fall calving cows here require a lot more stored feed and lose money. Probably true for most.
We are doing a better job grazing, which in recent years has stretched into December. So the August calves would be 4 months old before they went on 100% cow hay along with their moms. I have seen some early "fall" (mid-August here) calving herds that seemed to do well with cows that don't have too much milk and cheap hay. Could even do a Dave -- buy other people's late cows and then cull them on the high spring kill market.
Do you see any down sides?
We are doing a better job grazing, which in recent years has stretched into December. So the August calves would be 4 months old before they went on 100% cow hay along with their moms. I have seen some early "fall" (mid-August here) calving herds that seemed to do well with cows that don't have too much milk and cheap hay. Could even do a Dave -- buy other people's late cows and then cull them on the high spring kill market.
Do you see any down sides?