10 January 2009

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Spring Calving Herds

• Inventory and organize calving supplies
• Keep late pregnant cows gaining 1.0 lbs per day
• Pregnant heifers and 3 yr olds should gain 2.0-2.5 lbs per day
• Provide high quality minerals
• Review calving assistance procedures
• Stockpile a few gallons of colostrum
• Assess bull battery for spring breeding, make plans for acquiring new bulls
• Order semen for AI
• Soil test pastures not tested in last 3 yrs
• Order clover seed for frost seeding later this winter

Fall Calving Herds

Begin/continue breeding
• Check cow and bull condition
• Supplement energy to young bulls during breeding season
• Send in forage test if not done earlier this year
• Continue to check calves closely for health problems
• Re-implant September and early October born calves that were implanted at birth
• Soil test pastures not tested in last 3 yrs
• Order clover seed for frost seeding later this winter

January 2009