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<blockquote data-quote="Lee VanRoss" data-source="post: 1654182" data-attributes="member: 40072"><p>There is no argument that keeping an open cow is a financial non-starter. The question now is how one chooses to resolve the problem.</p><p>My question to anyone is; Since you have been paying to have your cows pregged, (not counting first year has your percentage of live births in the</p><p>first 30 days of the calving period increased? (or do you even have a record of it?) All things being equal (<em>and it seldom is)</em> your best chance for</p><p>profit are cows calving consistantly every year in the 1st 30 days of the calving period. Allowing for a two year start before the 1st calf a 6 year old</p><p>would have 4 generations of progeny behind her. If this cow is not consistantly calving in the first 30 days you are giving up profit in pounds of</p><p>beef plus the vet bill even if she stays in the herd. This begs the question; If you had decided 4 years ago to only retain heifers born in the first</p><p>30 days of the calving season would you be culling the same percentage of cows as you do now? I grant you that first year can be a nail biter</p><p>and you may want to mitigate the situation by deep culling from the 60 to 90 day group first. Over time you will find the cows calving in the</p><p>first 30 days will be the more consistant, fertile and therefore most profitable. A preg test will not gaurantee a first 30 day calving date.</p><p>I <em>have</em> a tight calving period (-60 days) and the cows are being handled less as well as a vet bill being eliminated.</p><p>I appreciate the conversation and wish all a Blessed Christmas and a profitable 2021 <strong>LVR</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lee VanRoss, post: 1654182, member: 40072"] There is no argument that keeping an open cow is a financial non-starter. The question now is how one chooses to resolve the problem. My question to anyone is; Since you have been paying to have your cows pregged, (not counting first year has your percentage of live births in the first 30 days of the calving period increased? (or do you even have a record of it?) All things being equal ([I]and it seldom is)[/I] your best chance for profit are cows calving consistantly every year in the 1st 30 days of the calving period. Allowing for a two year start before the 1st calf a 6 year old would have 4 generations of progeny behind her. If this cow is not consistantly calving in the first 30 days you are giving up profit in pounds of beef plus the vet bill even if she stays in the herd. This begs the question; If you had decided 4 years ago to only retain heifers born in the first 30 days of the calving season would you be culling the same percentage of cows as you do now? I grant you that first year can be a nail biter and you may want to mitigate the situation by deep culling from the 60 to 90 day group first. Over time you will find the cows calving in the first 30 days will be the more consistant, fertile and therefore most profitable. A preg test will not gaurantee a first 30 day calving date. I [I]have[/I] a tight calving period (-60 days) and the cows are being handled less as well as a vet bill being eliminated. I appreciate the conversation and wish all a Blessed Christmas and a profitable 2021 [B]LVR[/B] [/QUOTE]
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