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I think it is a bit hasty to say that you don't keep track of your stock just because you happen to calve earlier. There are good/bad operators that calve early or late, or inside sheds or outside.
I also think that each rancher given some time finds a program that is comfortable to him/her, and that may be what's best for that ranch. It would also be just as foolhardy to think that there are no other options.
In Soapweeds area, they have a situation where there is abundant hay to put up in the meadows most years, and his grass doesn't come on real early, so maybe he is doing the best thing for his operation. He has to feed some in the winter anyhow as those warm season grasses that are dormant, do not have much food value. On the other hand, cows that calve in May or June don't need near the nutrition as an early calving cow.
Personally, I would never calve our whole herd in Feb on, but Soapweeds temps are more moderate usually than ours that time of year. To each his own, and unless we are going to put up numbers here on profit for cow, it is useless to say someone is right or wrong. :???:
Soapweed, understand I was not trying to speak for you here, just my opinions.
I also think that each rancher given some time finds a program that is comfortable to him/her, and that may be what's best for that ranch. It would also be just as foolhardy to think that there are no other options.
In Soapweeds area, they have a situation where there is abundant hay to put up in the meadows most years, and his grass doesn't come on real early, so maybe he is doing the best thing for his operation. He has to feed some in the winter anyhow as those warm season grasses that are dormant, do not have much food value. On the other hand, cows that calve in May or June don't need near the nutrition as an early calving cow.
Personally, I would never calve our whole herd in Feb on, but Soapweeds temps are more moderate usually than ours that time of year. To each his own, and unless we are going to put up numbers here on profit for cow, it is useless to say someone is right or wrong. :???:
Soapweed, understand I was not trying to speak for you here, just my opinions.