SW So Dakota | brutejman - 11/22/2024 19:40
I hate open cows. Past years I’d just get pissed during preggin time watching the open pen fill up with young cows. I blame the genetics. One of the best quotes I’ll never forget was said by a breeder. “What’s it costing your cowherd to parallel the management of your Seedstock supplier”? A bull I purchased last spring. Dam is 14 now and never missed. Granddam still in production also. Buy bulls from a breeder who raises them in a tougher environment than you do. Things are slowly improving after changing seedstock suppliers and throwing the shiny ai catalogs in the trash. I can live with single digit open percentage.
That’s a good strategy I think. My bull supplier runs a no nonsense operation. They don’t have a silage pile or own a feed wagon, just cake and hay and range. |
Third time losers
