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The Midwest Cattleman · September 30, 2021 · P24
It takes an ARSENAL of FERTILITY age. She has had 11 calves,
Tips and Tricks continued from page 23 with an average weaning
ratio of 111. The average
to profit in the beef biz. bills. Today, the herd aver- calving interval on those 11
ages around 250 head still
writing the checks. They are calves is 364 days. She is
proven, and this is why she’s
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1,300 acres of pastures sub-
fill your quiver & divided with electric fences. Ranch donor cow.
Cows who have done it
Most paddocks are 40 acres,
year in and out deserve some
load your chamber stocking groups of 50 to 60 higher claims over heifers
cows and pairs, and will hold
for FFRREEEE!! for 10 to 14 days on predom- that may fall out next round.
Heifers are given a good
inantly brome and orchard chance, but they still need to
grass. A hundred acres of
with Briarwood Angus Farm’s corn will be chopped for si- fit the overarching philoso-
phy.
lage and ground ear corn to
“If feeding dry feed and
5 Secret Weapons to Get feed out some calves. pampering them, sure there's
Together, Bradford and
More Money for Your Calves his herdsman Terry Kress a greater possibility they'll
weaned about 150 head this breed back,” Bradford said,
month. They've been looking “but we keep them on grass.
Visit BriarwoodAngusFarms.com at weaning weights and de- They need to breed back on
and click on the “Secret Weapons” ciding which to cull. Priority grass. If they don't, they go.”
Upon this fertility plat-
will go to those early born
button to embolden your that have greater appeal, form which Bradford has
Angus arsenal. said Bradford. built his reputation, he ad-
vises the cattlemen to pay
“As we look at them, we
like to make early assess- attention to key characteris-
ment in terms of weaning tics.
Send me the Secret Weaponset Weapons growth and the dam's histo- “The commercial cattle-
Send me the Secr
ry; predictability is there,” man is challenged to build
he said. “Our livelihood has a highly fertile cow that is
always been the cattle and, moderate in mature size,
therefore, has forced us to se- and that is ready to calve as
lect for economically import- a two-year-old and every 12
ant traits that pay the bills months after,” Bradford said.
“The real factor in terms of
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ty is the number one trait we
Shorter gestation is correlat-
build upon. We look at many
w waayyss ttoo fifirree aahheeaadd!! other desirable traits and ed to higher fertility. You've
lost 10 days of time for re-
try to bring them along, but
there’s nothing we would do breeding on a longer gesta-
tion.
B Buullllss && that would demean fertility. minal sire for greater feedlot
“You can breed her to a ter-
We’ve been emphasizing this
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Bradford offers as an ex-
a avvaaiillaabbllee aatt ample of fertility in the Brad bull for female replace-
ments, but avoid extremely
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