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"Improving Our Lot" - Planned Holistic Grazing, for starters..
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<blockquote data-quote="Crofter64" data-source="post: 6101102" data-attributes="member: 87060"><p>I try to calve in April but have a back up September calving for those who missed. So far this year all but one are calving in september. Mostly this is because once you calve in the autumn, you’re sort of stuck there. The cows are in great condition when they calvethough. I am going to breed all autumn born heifers so they calve at 21/2 in the spring. Once I have a few more calving in spring I can let a couple skip the autumn breeding and get back to where they need to be. What threw me was the very wet and muddy summer of 2017- I had foot rot and fluke for the first time . No one caught that summer. Part of my issue is that I now have an established client list- I sell them beef, veal, lamb, eggs, garlic,duck and sometimes other poultry. I don’t want them to buy from others and I don’t want to compromise my quality by rushing the finishing, but I have to have some sort of pattern in what I offer. I sell the most beef and I need a stable number of finished animals per year.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Crofter64, post: 6101102, member: 87060"] I try to calve in April but have a back up September calving for those who missed. So far this year all but one are calving in september. Mostly this is because once you calve in the autumn, you’re sort of stuck there. The cows are in great condition when they calvethough. I am going to breed all autumn born heifers so they calve at 21/2 in the spring. Once I have a few more calving in spring I can let a couple skip the autumn breeding and get back to where they need to be. What threw me was the very wet and muddy summer of 2017- I had foot rot and fluke for the first time . No one caught that summer. Part of my issue is that I now have an established client list- I sell them beef, veal, lamb, eggs, garlic,duck and sometimes other poultry. I don’t want them to buy from others and I don’t want to compromise my quality by rushing the finishing, but I have to have some sort of pattern in what I offer. I sell the most beef and I need a stable number of finished animals per year. [/QUOTE]
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