Transitioning Beef Cattle to a Defined Breeding and Calving Season

Switching from a continuous calving season to a defined calving season is best accomplished through a progressive three- to four-year transition.

Transitioning to a Defined Calving Season

In the first year, adjust and shorten the current season by postponing breeding some cows and culling open cows and late calvers. To achieve the ...

Implementing a Defined Breeding Season to Optimize Herd ...

The main goal of a defined breeding season is having calves born within a short period of time such as 45 to 90 days, although calving windows as long as 180 ...

Starting and Managing a Defined Calving Season

initial pregnancy status can make the transition less costly. Doing this will create an opportunity to “roll” open cows to the opposite breeding season when ...

Converting the Beef Cow Herd to a Controlled Breeding Season

Implementing a controlled breeding season to manage the length of the calving season is a cost-effective management practice that beef cattle ...

Calving Season Considerations for Commercial Beef Cattle ...

Cow-calf herds with no defined calving season are ... Heifers that conceive later in their first breeding period calve later in their first calving season.

Transitioning to a Defined Calving Season

Maintain bulls in a separate area from the cow herd in the post-breeding season. Some producers may consider leasing bulls for the breeding ...

Calving Seasons - BeefResearch.ca

Year-round (no defined calving period). The 2016/17 Atlantic Cow-Calf survey reported that the average breeding season length for cows and heifers was 136 days, ...

Defining a Breeding Season - SDSU Extension

While moving the calving season will not eliminate the unpredictability of ... Breeding season will soon be around the corner for cow-calf ...

Preparing for the Breeding Season - UNL Beef

Calving season is wrapping up and transitioning into breeding season ... With lack of proper nutrition, following calving, cows may lose ...

Transition to a Controlled Breeding Season - DTN Progressive Farmer

4. Replacement heifers should be bred to a calving-ease bull by AI or natural service 20 to 30 days ahead of the breeding of the mature cow herd ...

Transitioning beef cattle to a defined breeding and calving season

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Breeding Timeline | Beef Cattle | Illinois Extension | UIUC

Focus on getting cows bred early in the breeding season. A tight 60-day calving window can improve the calving experience.

Converting to a Controlled Breeding Season - UF/IFAS Extension

Although controlled breeding seasons have been suggested for a long time, approximately 70 percent of cow-calf operators in the Southeast continue to breed ...

Controlled Breeding and Calving Season | Land-Grant Press

Option 2: Use one year and transition all of your cattle. If you select an April breeding season, bulls should be removed on April 1 of year one ...

Transitioning Beef Cattle to a Defined Breeding and Calving Season

Discusses the positive economic impact of a defined breeding and calving season.

Replacing Late-Calving Beef Cows to Shorten Calving Season

The 60-day calving season would mean calving is finished by the end of March and breeding cattle ... the small-herd producer before switching their preferred ...

Breeding Cow Management - BeefResearch.ca

In addition, shorter calving seasons improve the longevity of the cow herd with studies showing heifers that calve in the first cycle remained in the herd for ...

Calving Season Selection Considerations

A controlled calving season starts with a controlled breeding season. Table 1 corresponds to expected calving dates for specific breeding dates throughout the ...

Tightening up Calving Season - SDSU Extension

Incorporation of a synchronization program every year will progressively increase the number of cows calving earlier in the breeding season. In ...