makes sense if you think about it, for sure. my gut has said cutting was easier, but when we started trying it and I looked around the studies/reports I found were just about weight gain and said no difference. we never gave tetanus back when we cut everything either so it adds a little labor and more cost - those bands add up and the shots aren't real expensive, but still more than nothing.
heh, we rarely get them done that early - maybe if a cow drops one in the corral the night before we are working a bunch.
It takes checking them every day. For years I got almost every one. Retired this winter and missed 2 of 3. Gone too much
I'm on western range and we run around 10 cows to a section. pastures are mainly 2 to 5 sections, some of it pretty rough. I am lucky if I actually see every single cow more than a couple times a year. I dream of tighter management, and it has improved but it is slower going than I thought it would be. Lots of set backs, but we hang on.
So different than here. For the last 2 weeks I have had 40 cows on 6 acres of stockpile grass. They have enough for another 4-5 days. Pretty easy to find one that's calving.
How many acres of the stock pile does it take to get you through the winter?
Don't have enough to make it all winter so can't say. But I have enough for 3 more weeks at least. Had 40 cows plus 22 calves and so far have used about 16 acres since December 20th. About 6 acres still to graze. Been traveling so much I haven't done the strip as small as I like or I could have gotten a couple more days out of it.
A little over an acre per pair. Been no-hay for years except in a drought. But we strip graze and started 40+/- years ago when strip grazing wasn't cool. Calve in January ad we lose 30 days of grazing compared to calving in February. All about cattle demand due to energy needs.
I was just discussing this with a vet the other day.
Yes, tongue in cheek though Jeanne, I'm sure things will carry on as they have.
