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<blockquote data-quote="ALX." data-source="post: 431056" data-attributes="member: 6932"><p>Where do you draw the line on "dirty work"? Breed selection, breeding, calving, dehorning, castration, calf nutrition....</p><p></p><p>As a cow calf producer I think the very best things that you can do to produce a <strong>quality product </strong>are done in those last 45 days.</p><p></p><p>If you wean with as little stress as possible, vaccinate properly and initiate a good nutritional program for the calves and try to put together uniform calf groups of at least 30 - if there is a way to make decent profit - that is it.</p><p></p><p>There's all sorts of info out there to show mortality rates or gain ratios on hard weaned calves with no conditioning.</p><p></p><p>If the feedlots in your area are not willing to pay for that over other calves, then they are not running efficiently as well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ALX., post: 431056, member: 6932"] Where do you draw the line on "dirty work"? Breed selection, breeding, calving, dehorning, castration, calf nutrition.... As a cow calf producer I think the very best things that you can do to produce a [b]quality product [/b]are done in those last 45 days. If you wean with as little stress as possible, vaccinate properly and initiate a good nutritional program for the calves and try to put together uniform calf groups of at least 30 - if there is a way to make decent profit - that is it. There's all sorts of info out there to show mortality rates or gain ratios on hard weaned calves with no conditioning. If the feedlots in your area are not willing to pay for that over other calves, then they are not running efficiently as well. [/QUOTE]
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