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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1569187" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>We are transitioning to selling more in the spring. Used to sell spring calves late fall, fall calves in the spring. Money is always better in the spring. If you are going to have that much "extra grass" why not rotate what you have and then stockpile more for the fall/winter?.</p><p> I don't know the markets there. But here, I would rather have too much grass, like last year with all the rain, than have the skies dry up and then HAVE to sell when things might not be as good. You can always make that extra grass into hay as a cushion against a dry spell. We got our bulls in with the cows later than we should have last year, so will have later spring calves, this year. Think we are going to hold them and wean after the first of the year and sell slightly bigger calves at 10+ months next spring. The fall calves on the cows now are also a little smaller/younger than we used to do it. We will see how things go for hay and such and make a decision. Plus will have to see what payments have to be made when, too. I would like to get the fall calves on the ground sooner rather than later, and then have more to sell in the spring. Would like to do more calving in April/May/June, then have decent sized calves to wean off in Jan/Feb and sell in Mar-May. </p><p>The "washy grass" last year has caused a bunch of cows to be open, some went back with the bulls in Nov and some will be going with the bulls in June-July this year. Terrible cow prices made us decide to keep these younger cows. Normally I don't allow much leeway but there has been a huge number of open cows here in this area and all the farmers are re-adjusting their strategies.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1569187, member: 25884"] We are transitioning to selling more in the spring. Used to sell spring calves late fall, fall calves in the spring. Money is always better in the spring. If you are going to have that much "extra grass" why not rotate what you have and then stockpile more for the fall/winter?. I don't know the markets there. But here, I would rather have too much grass, like last year with all the rain, than have the skies dry up and then HAVE to sell when things might not be as good. You can always make that extra grass into hay as a cushion against a dry spell. We got our bulls in with the cows later than we should have last year, so will have later spring calves, this year. Think we are going to hold them and wean after the first of the year and sell slightly bigger calves at 10+ months next spring. The fall calves on the cows now are also a little smaller/younger than we used to do it. We will see how things go for hay and such and make a decision. Plus will have to see what payments have to be made when, too. I would like to get the fall calves on the ground sooner rather than later, and then have more to sell in the spring. Would like to do more calving in April/May/June, then have decent sized calves to wean off in Jan/Feb and sell in Mar-May. The "washy grass" last year has caused a bunch of cows to be open, some went back with the bulls in Nov and some will be going with the bulls in June-July this year. Terrible cow prices made us decide to keep these younger cows. Normally I don't allow much leeway but there has been a huge number of open cows here in this area and all the farmers are re-adjusting their strategies. [/QUOTE]
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