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Life is Simple
Life is Simple
The Midwest Cattleman · February 25, 2021 · P5

Copyright 2021, hundredweight less for them, glad that I did, because normal ther the calves, nor their mom-
Jerry Crownover when it came time to sell the years allow me to avoid the bit- mas moving too quickly to avoid
calves, because their buyers ter cold of January and the slop- the procedure. On those frigid
were a little reluctant to bid up py mud of late March and April. mornings, however, I noticed
the calves that showed a “little Alas, not this year. I don’t have that most of the calves I was
ear.” He was right on the price to tell any cattleman in the Mid- grabbing needed tagging a little
discount, but I’m sure I more west how awful the weather has closer to their heads than I usu-
than made up for the slightly been, for calving through the ally do, because the tips of their
lower price with the significant entire month of February—with long ears were a little (or some-
increase in pounds marketed lows below zero and highs in the times, a lot) frostbitten. From
from the heavier calves. single digits, for what seemed experience, I know those frozen
I’ve always started my spring like, an eternity. ear tips will likely slough off,
calving around February 1st, Tagging the newborns was when normal weather resumes.
and, nine years out of ten, I’m easier than most years, with nei- continued on page 10

About three years ago, I
switched the breed of bulls that
I use on my cow herd. My cows,
even though they are various
colors, are all “English” breeds,
and I had been using a different
English breed bull on them for
the past twenty years. One of
my neighbors, across the road,
raises purebred cattle that are
Brahman influenced, and I was
envious of how they seemed
to outperform my calves, so I
switched.
My cattle auction field man
warned me that I might have
to take two or three dollars per

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