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<blockquote data-quote="3waycross" data-source="post: 829382" data-attributes="member: 6713"><p>The thing that is driving me nuts is how to balance the milk equation. Not enuf milk and WW goes in the toliet, too much and BCS, breedback, and wintering ability on the dam suffers. Plus the increased need for inputs to support the higher milk production.</p><p></p><p>I just finished going thru my friends cowherd today to help him cull some cows. The opens are easy. What was tough was seeing the thinner high milk producers with big fat calves on them and knowing that they were going to breedback later than the fat stingy one who keep it all for themselves. We have been doing this for a few years now and his weaning weights are good but it's hard to find that "perfect" cow that can raise a big calf on low inputs and not starve herself to death and breed back on time. It is primarily a SH/RA herd these days but he just purchased a Red Balancer bull to put on them. The RA side of the new bull is a -1 for ME so I am hoping that will help some, and milk is lower that with the last bull.</p><p></p><p>Here is a picture of the new bull. He had just come off the truck after 12 hours without feed and water so he is a little gaunt.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://ranchers.net/photopost/data/500/IMG00053-20110413-1743.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="3waycross, post: 829382, member: 6713"] The thing that is driving me nuts is how to balance the milk equation. Not enuf milk and WW goes in the toliet, too much and BCS, breedback, and wintering ability on the dam suffers. Plus the increased need for inputs to support the higher milk production. I just finished going thru my friends cowherd today to help him cull some cows. The opens are easy. What was tough was seeing the thinner high milk producers with big fat calves on them and knowing that they were going to breedback later than the fat stingy one who keep it all for themselves. We have been doing this for a few years now and his weaning weights are good but it's hard to find that "perfect" cow that can raise a big calf on low inputs and not starve herself to death and breed back on time. It is primarily a SH/RA herd these days but he just purchased a Red Balancer bull to put on them. The RA side of the new bull is a -1 for ME so I am hoping that will help some, and milk is lower that with the last bull. Here is a picture of the new bull. He had just come off the truck after 12 hours without feed and water so he is a little gaunt. [img]http://ranchers.net/photopost/data/500/IMG00053-20110413-1743.jpg[/img] [/QUOTE]
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