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There has been a slow but continuing trend for our areq feeder calf producers to keep rolling back their calving date. Used to be that a whopping big percentage of our calves arrived in March, April and May. Now, you will see many a new calf dotting the pasture fields in early November. And many a very practical minded cow»calf producer such as Ike Parrish, Jim Massie and Newbill Miller had a high percentage of their calf crop on the ground by Christmas Day.
In talking with cattlemen, who have a good supply of winter roughage and who normally market their calf crop in October, I find more and more who would like to have all their calves packed in-between November 1 and early January. And many of these men are becoming more tough minded about culling cows that don’t fit in this pattern.
These cattlemen like having their calves come after fly time and hopefully before the severest winter weather sets in. Winter feed costs are higher, but so arq returns. „
Most agree that it is profitable to winter creep those early calves, particularly those coming in November, December and January. Only a small amount of grain will be eaten by grass time, but it will add enough energy to push he calves on and have them in a robust condition by the time cattle are turned out.
High quality corn silage with a little protein supplement spread on top makes a good creep feed. So does com or a mixture of com and other farm grain with protein supplement added. If nothing else, stock the creep with your best high quality home grown hay.
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