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<blockquote data-quote="Brandonm22" data-source="post: 688477" data-attributes="member: 7645"><p>I think you would be surprised at how many farms and ranches struggle with conception rate issues and sometimes even at very high dollar seedstock producers. Better Nutrition will improve conception faster than just about anything; but everything comes with a financial cost. Give me a stringent herd health program, lush fertilized, irrigated, crossfenced pastures, a nutritionist balanced supplement ration for each season of the year delivered by feedtruck every day to maintain a 6 BCS score, creepfeed the calves, and lutalyse all the cows ten days before turning the bull loose and I can come close to guaranteing 97% conception in a 60 day breeding season. You will probably also lose a LOT of money though we can probably have the best production numbers in the breed!! Some phenotypes (like the heaviest milking cows in a breed and often the growthiest) require more forage and/or supplementation than do other cows in the breed to maintain the same body condition and ultimately the same conception rate. Sure you can cull your open cows; but that is not really directly improving the conception rate especially when you are bringing in outside genetics (usually through the bulls) that probably come from a "friendlier" environment. To really maximize conception rate, you need to either increase the level of management (vaccines, minerals, fertilizer, paddock number, dewormer, BSEs, estrus synchronization, vets, forage renovation, etc) or find the genetics that will best match YOUR environment. Most places probably could use help in both areas.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brandonm22, post: 688477, member: 7645"] I think you would be surprised at how many farms and ranches struggle with conception rate issues and sometimes even at very high dollar seedstock producers. Better Nutrition will improve conception faster than just about anything; but everything comes with a financial cost. Give me a stringent herd health program, lush fertilized, irrigated, crossfenced pastures, a nutritionist balanced supplement ration for each season of the year delivered by feedtruck every day to maintain a 6 BCS score, creepfeed the calves, and lutalyse all the cows ten days before turning the bull loose and I can come close to guaranteing 97% conception in a 60 day breeding season. You will probably also lose a LOT of money though we can probably have the best production numbers in the breed!! Some phenotypes (like the heaviest milking cows in a breed and often the growthiest) require more forage and/or supplementation than do other cows in the breed to maintain the same body condition and ultimately the same conception rate. Sure you can cull your open cows; but that is not really directly improving the conception rate especially when you are bringing in outside genetics (usually through the bulls) that probably come from a "friendlier" environment. To really maximize conception rate, you need to either increase the level of management (vaccines, minerals, fertilizer, paddock number, dewormer, BSEs, estrus synchronization, vets, forage renovation, etc) or find the genetics that will best match YOUR environment. Most places probably could use help in both areas. [/QUOTE]
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