When you're trying to increase your numbers ...

[WalnutCrest]

... in the spring of 2017, and then once or twice during the summer of 2017, I had a little chat with the bulls, each time explaining their role in the profitability and longevity of the operation.

This past year, 80% of our calves were heifers ... all natural service.

I give my little tip to all of you in hopes 2019 brings your operation increases in profit and cash flow per acre.

 

[Nesikep]

hahah.. yeah, didn't work for me.. I only had 8 out of 24 calves as heifers last year, 1 freemartin, 1 had an adopted brother, and 4 more from terminal cows.. There was only one I really liked, and another I kept who isn't that pretty but might be a good cow anyhow. That's why I ended up buying a heifer calf this year!

Hoping this coming year to have a better selection, Gonna need it, I've got culls to get rid of.

 

[Redgully]

... in the spring of 2017, and then once or twice during the summer of 2017, I had a little chat with the bulls, each time explaining their role in the profitability and longevity of the operation.

This past year, 80% of our calves were heifers ... all natural service.

I give my little tip to all of you in hopes 2019 brings your operation increases in profit and cash flow per acre.

So did you tell them to hold their tongues to the left rather than the right?

 

[farmerjan]

He//, we keep telling them to do the opposite of what they did last year because all we seem to get is heifers. 75% the last 2 years. More heifers than we want to choose from and prices being low on the heifers sure doesn't help. And if I do AI with sexed semen, I get 50% or on one cow 75% bull calves.... Did get down to only 60% heifers this last spring crop..... this fall has been about 50/50 but have lost a couple to the wet/mud/nasty pneumonia weather.

 

[Nesikep]

I've had a talk with one cow in particular.. she's a 2011 model, she's yet to have a heifer.. MAYBE this year is the year?
Meanwhile my old cow Rosie had 11 heifers and 5 bull calves.. I just counted today, she's got 3 daughters, 7 granddaughters and a great great granddaughter in the herd

 

[MtnCows93]

unless your using longhorn bulls i guess the talk worked! no other possible explanation! haha