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<blockquote data-quote="dun" data-source="post: 519849" data-attributes="member: 34"><p>Calving timeframe is dependent on too many factors for a one size fits all solution. Folks that are planting in the late spring don;t want to have the worry of calving on top of the long hours and headaches of getting crops in the ground. Calving, particularly heifers in Aug and Sept around here have 2 drawbacks, the typically high heat stressing the calf and the larger calves produced from the much higher quality pasture during the late pregnancy. In cold and frozen environements it may be a better option to calve on the ice/snow then the mud that occurs once the spring thaw sets in. Others time it for when the kids are in school so it doesn;t interfere with family vacations. For others it's pasture quality and winter feeding or supplementation. Every producer has to determine what works best for them. A friend of mine calves spring and fall. He sells the fall calves for more in the spring but the bottom line is pretty much the same for both calf crops because of th higher quality feed requirements for the wet cows through the winter. But he figures it's a "don;t put all your eggs in one basket kind of deal"</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dun, post: 519849, member: 34"] Calving timeframe is dependent on too many factors for a one size fits all solution. Folks that are planting in the late spring don;t want to have the worry of calving on top of the long hours and headaches of getting crops in the ground. Calving, particularly heifers in Aug and Sept around here have 2 drawbacks, the typically high heat stressing the calf and the larger calves produced from the much higher quality pasture during the late pregnancy. In cold and frozen environements it may be a better option to calve on the ice/snow then the mud that occurs once the spring thaw sets in. Others time it for when the kids are in school so it doesn;t interfere with family vacations. For others it's pasture quality and winter feeding or supplementation. Every producer has to determine what works best for them. A friend of mine calves spring and fall. He sells the fall calves for more in the spring but the bottom line is pretty much the same for both calf crops because of th higher quality feed requirements for the wet cows through the winter. But he figures it's a "don;t put all your eggs in one basket kind of deal" [/QUOTE]
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