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<blockquote data-quote="wbvs58" data-source="post: 1742879" data-attributes="member: 16453"><p>I think your country has a lot to do with your weaning weights, doesn't mean you shouldn't measure and try to improve though. My country has very poor sandy granite soil, is very rough and rocky undulating, lots of weeds, is mostly native grasses with some introductions yet my weaning weights are 2nd to none. No creep feeding or supplementing cows except in drought years. I start calving the beginning of July and wean end February early March so they will be 7-8 mths of age. Most of the July calves will wean around the 350kg mark (770 lb) with a couple of the early ones nudging the 400 kg mark. The cows breed back well. West of town here the 250 kg weaning weights would be more the norm. I don't know what it is here but it certainly is a good breeding block even if it is a bit rough. I have improved the genetics but was still getting great weaning weights when I started with a mixed lot of commercial cattle. The overall ground cover and grass quality has improved in the 15 years I've been here, mostly due to managing the grazing.</p><p></p><p>Ken</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wbvs58, post: 1742879, member: 16453"] I think your country has a lot to do with your weaning weights, doesn't mean you shouldn't measure and try to improve though. My country has very poor sandy granite soil, is very rough and rocky undulating, lots of weeds, is mostly native grasses with some introductions yet my weaning weights are 2nd to none. No creep feeding or supplementing cows except in drought years. I start calving the beginning of July and wean end February early March so they will be 7-8 mths of age. Most of the July calves will wean around the 350kg mark (770 lb) with a couple of the early ones nudging the 400 kg mark. The cows breed back well. West of town here the 250 kg weaning weights would be more the norm. I don't know what it is here but it certainly is a good breeding block even if it is a bit rough. I have improved the genetics but was still getting great weaning weights when I started with a mixed lot of commercial cattle. The overall ground cover and grass quality has improved in the 15 years I've been here, mostly due to managing the grazing. Ken [/QUOTE]
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